佳麗

See also: 佳丽

Chinese

		excellent	beautiful; Korea
trad. (佳麗)		佳	麗
simp. (佳丽)		佳	丽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiālì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-lē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiālì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jialì
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-li⁴
    • Yale: jyā-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jialih
    • Palladius: цзяли (czjali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ lai⁶
    • Yale: gāai laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-lē
    • Tâi-lô: ka-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kale
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kea lejH

Rime
Character	佳	麗
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	古膎切	郎計切
Baxter	kea	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛ/	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæ/	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kæi/	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨj/	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/kɛ/	/leiH/
Wang Li	/kai/	/lieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kai/	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai1	lai6

Adjective

佳麗

1. (literary) beautiful; pretty

Noun

佳麗

1. (literary) babe; beauty; belle; beauty queen
2. (～卦) A combination 三上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.

Synonyms

• 佳人 (jiārén)
• 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
• 嫭 (hù) (literary)
• 嬌／娇 (jiāo)
• 紅顏／红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
• 美人 (měirén)
• 美女 (měinǚ)
• 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 靚女／靓女 (chiefly Cantonese)
• 麗人／丽人 (lìrén) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 美女 (“beautiful woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美女, 美人, 佳人
Mandarin	Beijing	美人兒
	Taiwan	美女
	Singapore	美女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚女
	Hong Kong	靚女
	Taishan	靚女
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚女
	Dongguan	靚女
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚女
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚女
Hakka	Meixian	標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚女
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠查某
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠查某
	Quanzhou	媠查某
	Anxi	媠查某
	Zhangzhou	媠查某
	Zhao'an	媠查某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠查某, 俏母
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠查某
	Shantou	雅諸娘
	Jieyang	雅諸娘, 雅儂
	Leizhou	顯娘
	Wenchang	靚母
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚母
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	靚妹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	麗
か Grade: S	れい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ː]

Adjective

佳(か)麗(れい) • (karei) -na (adnominal 佳(か)麗(れい)な (karei na), adverbial 佳(か)麗(れい)に (karei ni))

1. beautiful; fair; pretty

   Synonyms: きれい (kirei), 美しい (ustukushii)

Noun

佳(か)麗(れい) • (karei) 

1. beauty; that which is beautiful
2. a beautiful woman; a beauty; a belle

   Synonyms: 美人 (bijin), 美女 (bijo), 佳人 (kajin), 麗人 (reijin)