愛美

See also: 爱美

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (愛美)		愛	美
simp. (爱美)		爱	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àiměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àiměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àiměi
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-mei³
    • Yale: ài-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aymeei
    • Palladius: аймэй (ajmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ mei⁵
    • Yale: oi méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ mei̯¹³/

Verb

愛美

1. to love beauty; to like beautiful things
2. to set store by one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed; to wish to appear beautiful

Synonyms

• (to set store by one's appearance): (Cantonese, Hakka) 愛靚／爱靓; (Min Nan) 愛媠／爱媠; (Xiang) 愛俏／爱俏

Derived terms

• 愛美之心，人皆有之／爱美之心，人皆有之

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	美
あい Grade: 4	み Grade: 3

Kanji in this term
愛	美
まな Grade: 4	み Grade: 3

Proper noun

愛(あい)美(み) or 愛(まな)美(み) • (Aimi or Manami) 

1. a female given name