Chinese

美女

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
  • HSK 4

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  • characterChinese美 “beautiful; pretty; attractive; good-looking”
    • ideaChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)”
    • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”

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