美 měi
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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') -
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) -
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') -
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) -
verb
to beautify
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Beauty
Notes: (NCCED 1 '美' 2) -
verb
to be satisfied with oneself
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED 1 '美' 5) -
adjective
tasty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 美食 (Kroll 2015 '美' 2) -
adjective
satisying / pleasing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 得意 (Guoyu '美' adj 3) -
noun
a beautiful lady
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 美女 (Guoyu '美' n 1) -
noun
a beautiful thing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '美' n 2) -
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
- 美洲原住民 indigenous peoples of the Americas
- 天公不作美 Heaven is not cooperating / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
- 美国人民(美國人民) the American people
- 美祥亦先见(美祥亦先見) an auspicious omen will first be seen
- 美洲豹 panther
- 美国联准(美國聯準) American Federal Reserve
- 貌美如花 (of a woman) lovely as a flower / beautiful
- 甜言美语(甜言美語) sweet words, beautiful phrases / hypocritical flattery
- 完美主义者(完美主義者) perfectionist
- 波美度 Baume degrees
- 北美箭竹族 Arundinarieae
- 美国出版商协会(美國出版商協會) Association of American Publishers
- 波美比重计(波美比重計) Baume hydrometer
- 秩序美 order (as an aesthetic quality)
- 十全十美 perfect
- 美艳(美艷) beautiful and alluring / glamorous / gorgeous
- 美发师(美髮師) hairdresser / beautician
- 博美犬 Pomeranian (dog breed)
- 哆啰美远族(哆囉美遠族) Torobiawan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
- 爽心美食 comfort food
- 全美 throughout the United States / the whole of America
- 美籍 American
- 美欧(美歐) US and EU / America-Europe
- 白富美 Ms Perfect (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful)
- 亚美尼亚(亞美尼亞) Armenia
- 专美于前(專美於前) to monopolize the limelight / to get all the glory / to rank highest
- 美术品(美術品) an art object
- 美分 one cent (United States coin)
- 璨美 resplendent
- 南美 South America
- 美术史(美術史) history of art
- 美洲绿翅鸭(美洲綠翅鴨) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)
- 审美观(審美觀) esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard
- 美色 charm / loveliness
- 豔美无敌(豔美無敵) beauty without rival
- 美其治 praise his rule
- 美丽岛(美麗島) Formosa
- 两全其美(兩全其美) to satisfy rival demands / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways
- 美英 US and UK / Anglo-American
- 美国国会(美國國會) US Congress
- 美联社(美聯社) Associated Press (AP)
Also contained in
美国政府 、 措美 、 美国国务卿 、 美汁源 、 八美 、 美国司法部 、 美尼斯 、 美姑县 、 国美电器 、 美国食品药品管理局
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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
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
- 卷三百二十三 列傳第八十二 蔚昭敏 高化 周美 閻守恭 孟元 劉謙 趙振 張忠 范恪 馬懷德 安俊 向寶 Volume 323 Biographies 82: Yu Zhaomin, Gao Hua, Zhou Mei, Yan Shougong, Meng Yuan, Liu Qian, Zhao Zhen, Zhang Zhong, Fan Ke, Ma Huaide, An Jun, Xiang Bao History of Song 宋史 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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