美貌

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	appearance
trad. (美貌)		美	貌
simp. ^#(美貌)		美	貌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měimào

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ maau⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mî-mau

(Hailu, HRS): mui^ˋ mau^˖
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-bāu / bí-māu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měimào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měimào
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-mao⁴
  - Yale: měi-màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeimaw
  - Palladius: мэймао (mɛjmao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ maau⁶
  - Yale: méih maauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ maau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ mao⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ maːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-mau
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ mau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ mau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ mau̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mui^ˋ mau^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /mui⁵³ mau³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-bāu
  - Tâi-lô: bí-bāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'bau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-māu
  - Tâi-lô: bí-māu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bymau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mãu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãu³³/

Noun

美貌

good looks

Adjective

美貌

beautiful

Derived terms

美貌無雙 / 美貌无双

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美貌):

→ Japanese: 美(び)貌(ぼう) (bibō)
→ Korean: 미모(美貌) (mimo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	貌
び Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

美(び)貌(ぼう) • (bibō)

See also

Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美貌