美人

Japanese

Noun

美人 (hiragana びじん, romaji bijin)

1. a beautiful woman

Usage notes

• The 美 morpheme denotes feminine beauty.

Mandarin

Noun

美人 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin měirén)

1. a beautiful woman
2. (archaic) a royal consort

References

• "美人" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-16.