美女

Chinese
beautiful
pretty
lovely		 woman
girl
simp. and trad.
(美女)		 美 女

Pronunciation

Noun

美女

  1. beauty: a physically beautiful woman
  2. A polite term of address to any woman: miss, ma'am, honey, &c.

Synonyms
  • (beautiful woman): 美人 (měirén), (Cantonese) 靚女／靓女 (liàngnǚ)
  • (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 mˠiɪX ɳɨʌX). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

美女 (hiragana びじょ, rōmaji bijo, historical hiragana びぢよ)

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

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
Hán tự in this word
美女

Noun

美女

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