Chinese Notes

美 měi

měi adjective beautiful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Beauty 美丽
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 地理学 , 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 美丽
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

美国(美國) United States
美元 US dollar ; US dollars
北美洲 North America
南美洲 South America
美国之音(美國之音) VOA
美好 beautiful
美丽(美麗) beautiful
美军(美軍) US armed forces
中美 China-US ; Central America
美味 a delicacy ; a delicious flavor
北美 North America
美国航空(美國航空) American Airlines
审美(審美) esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste
完美 perfect
精美 delicate / fine / refined
优美(優美) graceful / elegant ; good / fine
美食 fine food / delicacy
美德 virtue
美化 to beautify
美金 US dollar
美术(美術) fine arts / sculpting and painting
美观(美觀) pleasing to the eye / beautiful
赞美(讚美) to admire / to applause / to praise / to eulogize ; to praise
健美 healthy and beautiful
美满(美滿) happy / blissful
美妙 beautiful / wonderful / splendid
美中不足 everything is fine except for one small flaw
十全十美 perfect
赞美(讚美) to admire / to applause / to praise / to eulogize ; to praise
美式 American style
美式咖啡 cafe Americano
美貌 good looks ; pretty / beautiful
美色 charm / loveliness
珍馐美味(珍饈美味) delicacy and fine taste
美国标准技术研究所(美國標準技術研究所) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
苏美尔(蘇美爾) Sumer
美洲 Americas
拉美西斯 Ramesses
美利坚合众国(美利堅合眾國) United States of America
美誉(美譽) fame / good reputation
亚美尼亚(亞美尼亞) Armenia
美索不达米亚(美索不達米亞) Mesopotamia
和美 harmonious

Also contained in

美国联邦储备、美联储、中央美术学院、美尼斯、吉尔伽美什、拉美西斯二世、美感、四大美女

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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: 28
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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
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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

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
美恶 (美惡) 美惡周必復 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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
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
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
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
服美 (服美) 服美于人 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — 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