柔美

Chinese

		soft	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (柔美)		柔	美
simp. #(柔美)		柔	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róuměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiû-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róuměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róuměi
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-mei³
    • Yale: róu-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roumeei
    • Palladius: жоумэй (žoumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ mei⁵
    • Yale: yàuh méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû-bí
    • Tâi-lô: jiû-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiu'bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ziu²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ziu²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡ziu²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziu²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

Adjective

柔美

1. (of music, scenery) graceful; exquisite; pleasing

Synonyms

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)