選美

See also: 选美

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (選美)		選	美
simp. (选美)		选	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎnměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soán-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnměi [Phonetic: xuánměi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnměi
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³-mei³
    • Yale: sywǎn-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanmeei
    • Palladius: сюаньмэй (sjuanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² mei⁵
    • Yale: syún méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-bí
    • Tâi-lô: suán-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafnbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/

Noun

選⫽美 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to hold a beauty contest; to hold a beauty pageant

Synonyms

• 賽美／赛美 (sàiměi)