Miaozi

美

měiㄇㄟˇ
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HSK 3TOCFL 2

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])

  2. 2

    (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])

  3. 3

    beautiful

  4. 4

    very satisfactory; good

  5. 5

    to beautify

  6. 6

    to be pleased with oneself

Examples

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这些照片真美。

這些照片真美。

These pictures are really very beautiful.

他母親是美國人。

His mother is American.

生命是美麗的。

Life is beautiful.

他上星期去了美國。

He went to America last week.

美國的小孩聽著這些話長大。

American children grow up hearing those words.

Characters

Character breakdown

羊

yáng

surname Yang

大

dà

big; large; great

Related

Related: 美

优美

yōu měi

graceful

完美

wán měi

perfect

甜美

tián měi

sweet

美国

měi guó

United States; USA; US

美好

měi hǎo

beautiful

美妙

měi miào

beautiful

美洲

měi zhōu

America (including North, Central and South America)

美满

měi mǎn

happy

Stroke practice

Practice writing 美

Characters

simplified script

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