美麗

See also: 美丽

Chinese

beautiful; beauty beautiful
trad. (美麗) 美 麗
simp. (美丽) 美 丽

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 美 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 無鄙切 呂支切
Baxter mijX lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪX/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiX/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪX/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjiX/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong
/mjiX/ /lie/
Wang
Li
/miX/ /lǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miX/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mǐ lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei5 lei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 美 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
měi lì
Middle
Chinese
‹ mijX › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m]rəjʔ/ /*[r]ˁe-s/
English beautiful symmetrical

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 美 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 8951 7914
Phonetic
component
美 丽
Rime
group
脂 歌
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
美 麗
Old
Chinese
/*mriʔ/ /*reːls/
Notes 甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀,
取陳獨秀說

Adjective

美麗

  1. beautiful
    美麗景色/美丽景色  ―  měilì jǐngsè  ―  beautiful views
    她長得很美麗。 [MSC, trad.]
    她长得很美丽。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhǎng de hěn měilì. [Pinyin]
    She is very beautiful.
    法語是一門美麗的語言。 [MSC, trad.]
    法语是一门美丽的语言。 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán. [Pinyin]
    French is a beautiful language.
    要我說啊,鄉下美麗的田園風光就比風景區的好。 [MSC, trad.]
    要我说啊,乡下美丽的田园风光就比风景区的好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào wǒ shuō a, xiāngxià měilì de tiányuán fēngguāng jiù bǐ fēngjǐngqū de hǎo. [Pinyin]
    If you ask me, the scenery in the countryside is more beautiful than that in the scenic spots.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

美麗

  1. beauty
    自然美麗/自然美丽  ―  zìrán měilì  ―  natural beauty
    她的美麗確是無與倫比。 [MSC, trad.]
    她的美丽确是无与伦比。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de měilì quèshì wúyǔlúnbǐ. [Pinyin]
    Her beauty is beyond compare.

Usage notes

美麗/美丽 (měilì) can describe objects and movements, as well as people, while 美觀/美观 (měiguān) usually only describes objects, movements, etc., and not people.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美麗):
  • → Japanese: 美(び)麗(れい) (birei)
  • → Vietnamese: mĩ lệ (美麗)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美 麗
び
Grade: 3
れい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjective

美(び)麗(れい) • (birei) -na (adnominal 美(び)麗(れい)な (birei na), adverbial 美(び)麗(れい)に (birei ni))

  1. beautiful

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

美(び)麗(れい) • (birei) 

  1. (extreme) beauty

See also

See also

  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗 (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗)
  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗(うつくしさ) (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗(うつくしさ))
  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗き (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗き)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美麗

Adjective

美麗

  1. chữ Hán form of mĩ lệ (“beautiful; lovely”).
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