顏值

Chinese

		colour; countenance; face	value; (to be) worth; to happen
trad. (顏值)		顏	值
simp. (颜值)		颜	值

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 顏(かお) (kao, “face”) + 值 (zhí, “value”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nguêng⁵ dag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chih²
    • Yale: yán-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjyr
    • Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁴ zik⁶
    • Yale: ngàahn jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguêng⁵ dag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng ta̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tak̚⁴/

Noun

顏值

1. (neologism, slang) level of physical attractiveness; one's facial appearance, rated as a score

   顏值很高的醫生／颜值很高的医生  ―  yánzhí hěn gāo de yīshēng  ―  a very good-looking doctor

   顏值爆錶／颜值爆表  ―  yánzhí bàobiǎo  ―  one's level of physical attractiveness is off the charts