美容
Chinese
| beautiful; beauty; America | to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (美容) | 美 | 容 | |
| simp. #(美容) | 美 | 容 | |
| anagram | 容美 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: měiróng
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měiróng
- Wade–Giles: mei3-jung2
- Yale: měi-rúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirong
- Palladius: мэйжун (mɛjžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei5 jung4
- Yale: méih yùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5 jung4
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5 yung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³ jʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
- Hakka Romanization System: miˊ iungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi1 yung2
- Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
- Hakka Romanization System: miˊ (r)iungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi1 yung2
- Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: muiˋ rhung
- Sinological IPA: /mui⁵³ ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-iông
- Tâi-lô: bí-iông
- Phofsit Daibuun: byioong
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
美容
- to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to have a beauty treatment; to beautify
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 容 |
| び Grade: 3 |
よう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
美容 • (biyō)
- beauty (especially of a person's face or body)
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美容
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “美容”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 容 |
Noun
美容 • (miyong) (hangeul 미용)