美女

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Noun

美女

  1. beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
    美女與野獸／美女与野兽  ―  měinǚ yǔ yěshòu  ―  beauty and the beast
  2. A polite term of address to any woman: miss; ma'am; honey

Synonyms
  • (beautiful woman):

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  • (term of address): 女生 (nǚshēng), 女士 (nǚshì), various female relations such as 阿姨 (āyí)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • 網路美女／网路美女
  • 美女如雲／美女如云
  • 美女破舌
  • 美女簪花

Japanese
Kanji in this term
美 女
び
Grade: 3		 じょ
Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

/bidjo/ → /bid͡ʑjo/ → /biʑo/

From Middle Chinese 美女 (MC mijX nrjoX). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

美(び)女(じょ) • (bijo) ←びぢよ (bidyo)?

  1. a beautiful girl or woman, a beauty
    Synonym: 美人 (bijin, “beautiful woman”, literally “beautiful person”)
    Antonyms: 悪女 (akujo, “ugly woman; wicked or evil woman”), 醜女 (buonna, shikome, shūjo, “ugly woman”)
    美(び)女(じょ)と野(や)獣(じゅう)
    Bijo to Yajū
    Beauty and the Beast

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
美女

Noun

美女 • (minyeo) (hangeul 미녀)

  1. Hanja form? of 미녀 (“a beautiful woman, a beauty”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美女

Noun

美女

  1. chữ Hán form of mĩ nữ/mỹ nữ (“a beautiful woman, a beauty”).
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