See also: 美丽

Chinese edit

beautiful; beauty beautiful
trad. (美麗)
simp. (美丽)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (4) (37)
Final () (17) (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei5 lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
měi
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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 8951 7914
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriʔ/ /*reːls/
Notes

Adjective edit

美麗

  1. beautiful
    美麗景色美丽景色  ―  měilì jǐngsè  ―  beautiful views
    美麗 [MSC, trad.]
    美丽 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhǎng de hěn měilì. [Pinyin]
    She is very beautiful.
    法語一門美麗語言 [MSC, trad.]
    法语一门美丽语言 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán. [Pinyin]
    French is a beautiful language.
    鄉下美麗田園風光風景區 [MSC, trad.]
    乡下美丽田园风光风景区 [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 edit

Antonyms edit

Noun edit

美麗

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

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (美麗):
  • Japanese: ()(れい) (birei)
  • Vietnamese: mĩ lệ (美麗)

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
れい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjective edit

()(れい) (birei-na (adnominal ()(れい) (birei na), adverbial ()(れい) (birei ni))

  1. beautiful

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

Noun edit

()(れい) (birei

  1. (extreme) beauty

See also edit

See also edit

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

美麗

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