See also: 鲜美

Chinese edit

few; rare; fresh beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (鮮美)
simp. (鲜美)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial () (16) (4)
Final () (77) (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sjen mijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇn/ /mˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛn/ /mᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæn/ /miɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sian/ /mjiX/
Li
Rong
/siɛn/ /mjiX/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛn/ /miX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛn/ /miX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sin1 mei5

Adjective edit

鮮美

  1. delicious; tasty
  2. (literary) fresh and pleasing

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (鮮美):
  • Japanese: (せん)() (senbi)
  • Korean: 선미(鮮美) (seonmi)