美 měi
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měi
adjective
beautiful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Beauty
Notes: In the sense of 漂亮 (Guoyu '美' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '美' 1; NCCED 1 '美' 1; Unihan '美') -
měi
proper noun
America
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography , Concept: Continent 州
Notes: Abbreviation for 美洲 (Guoyu '美' n 4; NCCED 2 '美' 1) -
měi
adjective
good; pleasing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 好 (Guoyu '美' adj 2; NCCED 1 '美' 3; Unihan '美') -
měi
proper noun
United States of America
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Country 国家
Notes: Abbreviation for 美国 (Guoyu '美' n 3; NCCED 2 '美' 2) -
měi
verb
to beautify
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Beauty
Notes: (NCCED 1 '美' 2) -
měi
verb
to be satisfied with oneself
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED 1 '美' 5) -
měi
adjective
tasty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 美食 (Kroll 2015 '美' 2) -
měi
adjective
satisying; pleasing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 得意 (Guoyu '美' adj 3) -
měi
noun
a beautiful lady
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 美女 (Guoyu '美' n 1) -
měi
noun
a beautiful thing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '美' n 2) -
měi
noun
to exaggerate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 夸赞, as in 赞美 (Guoyu '美' n 2)
Contained in
- 北美云杉(北美雲杉) Sitka spruce
- 陈美(陳美) Vanessa-Mae
- 韩美(韓美) South Korean-US
- 中美洲 Central America
- 美术品(美術品) an art object
- 良辰美景 fine time, beautiful scenery; everything lovely
- 美式足球 American football
- 美差 cushy job; pleasant task
- 价廉物美(價廉物美) inexpensive and of good quality
- 美人计(美人計) honey trap; sexual entrapment; CL:條|条
- 美食家 gourmet
- 两全其美(兩全其美) to satisfy rival demands; to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways
- 谐美(諧美) harmonious and graceful
- 美人蕉 canna or Indian shot (genus Canna)
- 貌美 good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman)
- 完美无缺(完美無缺) perfect and without blemish; flawless; to leave nothing to be desired
- 审美活动(審美活動) appreciating the arts; esthetic activity
- 美利坚治世(美利堅治世) Pax Americana
- 美名 good name; reputation
- 美乃滋 mayonnaise
- 璨美 resplendent
- 美善 beautiful and good
- 美洲绿翅鸭(美洲綠翅鴨) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)
- 中美文化研究中心 Hopkins-Nanjing Center
- 美制(美製) American made
- 美劳(美勞) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
- 甜言美语(甜言美語) sweet words, beautiful phrases; hypocritical flattery
- 美国存托凭证(美國存託憑證) American depository receipt (ADR)
- 博美犬 Pomeranian (dog breed)
- 美眄 a captivating glance
- 美术史(美術史) history of art
- 美谈(美談) anecdote passed on with approbation
- 美洲 Americas
- 美国参议院(美國參議院) United States Senate ; United States Senate
- 美德 virtue
- 美人尖 widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
- 想得美 in your dreams!; as if!; You wish!; I wish that were so
Also contained in
葛莱美奖 、 艾美奖 、 美国国家历史名胜 、 美浓镇 、 美国联邦储备 、 美术馆 、 努美阿 、 美国证券交易委员会 、 美国众议院 、 美兰区 、 美国独立战争 、 美国政府 、 美印语系 、 美兰
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- 卷二百五十八 列傳第十七 曹彬 潘美 李超 Volume 258 Biographies 17: Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Li Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 59
- 卷二百四十四 列傳第三 宗室一 Volume 244 Biographies 3: Imperial Clan 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 57
- 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 37
- 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 31
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 30
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 26
- 卷二百七十九 列傳第三十八 王繼忠 傅潛 張昭允 戴興 王漢忠 王能 張凝 魏能 陳興 許均 張進 李重貴 呼延贊 劉用 耿全斌 周仁美 Volume 279 Biographies 38: Wang Jizhong, Fu Qian, Zhang Zhaoyun, Dai Xing, Wang Hanzhong, Wang Neng, Zhang Ning, Wei Neng, Chen Xing, Xu Jun, Zhang Jin, Li Zhonggui, Hu Yanzan, Liu Yong, Geng Quanbin, Zhou Renmei History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
- 卷一百二十九 列傳第十七 Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei Volume 129 Biographies 17: Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
- 卷三百一十 列傳第一百九十八 土司 Volume 310 Biographies 198: Tribal Headmen History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
Collocations
- 美宣王 (美宣王) 美宣王田也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧吉日 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Ji Ri — count: 9
- 美孟 (美孟) 美孟姜矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧桑中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Sang Zhong — count: 5
- 美一 (美一) 有美一人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧野有蔓草 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Ye You Man Cao — count: 5
- 予美 (予美) 予美亡此 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧葛生 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Ge Sheng — count: 5
- 美周公 (美周公) 美周公也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧破斧 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Po Fu — count: 4
- 美目 (美目) 美目盻兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧碩人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shuo Ren — count: 4
- 甫美 (甫美) 尹吉甫美宣王也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 4
- 美淑 (美淑) 彼美淑姬 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧東門之池 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Dong Men Zhi Chi — count: 3
- 人美 (人美) 其人美且仁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧盧令 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Lu Ling — count: 3
- 美亡 (美亡) 予美亡此 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧葛生 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Ge Sheng — count: 3