美 (mei5) — good; excellent; exquisite; nice in Cantonese
meiˏ₅美Mandarin Pinyin: mei3
Meaning of 美
noungood; excellent; exquisite; nice
nounbe pleased with oneself
nounpraise
nounbeautiful; pretty; pleasing; fine; fair
Example Sentences with 美
我來自美國。
I'm from the United States.
燭光照的妳真美麗！
You look beautiful in the candlelight!
九大簋加上美女就真係錦上添花啦
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.
boˉ¹波laaiˉ¹拉dakˍ₆特haiˍ₆係go˗₃個haaˉ¹哈saat˗₃薩hakˉ¹克siˉ¹斯taanˊ²坦jan4;人；keoiˏ₅佢mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係meiˏ₅美gwok˗₃國janˎ₄人aa˗₃呀
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.
有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.
Words Containing 美
天公唔做美tin1 gung1 m4 zou6 mei5
the weather is not cooperating; bad weather, also 天公不作美 in Mandarin
美善mei5 sin6
beautiful and good
工藝美術gung1 ngai6 mei5 seot6
applied art
美洲蜥蜴mei5 zau1 sik1 jik6
Teiidae species (tegus; tegu lizards)
美利濱mei5 lei6 ban1
an older Chinese name for the city of Melbourne，now called 墨爾本 in Chinese
美式足球mei5 sik1 zuk1 kau4
American football
北美bak1 mei5
North America
美國手語mei5 gwok3 sau2 jyu5
American Sign Language (ASL)
精美zing1 mei5
delicate; fine; refinement
美國政府mei5 gwok3 zing3 fu2
U.S./American government
美加mei5 gaa1
United States of America and Canada (used in writing to refer to the entire region) -- abbreviation of 美國加拿大
華裔美國人waa4 jeoi6 mei5 gwok3 jan4
a Chinese-American, an ethnic Chinese person of American descent
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