美少女

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	young woman; girl
simp. and trad. (美少女)		美	少女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měishàonǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: měishàonǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishawneu
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

美少女

beautiful young girl

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	少	女
び Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 2	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

美 (bi, “beautiful”) +‎ 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) びしょーじょ [bìshóꜜòjò] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [bʲiɕo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

美少女 (hiragana びしょうじょ, rōmaji bishōjo, historical hiragana びせうぢよ)

a beautiful young girl
- 1991 March 15, Takahashi, Rumiko, “ＰＡＲＴパート.10　そして拳けん印いんは消きえた [PART.10 The Mark’s Finally Gone]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 14 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 155:
  
  一度 (ど)だけ…そう、可 (か)憐 (れん)な美 (び)少 (しょう)女 (じょ)バレー部 (ぶ)員 (いん)のボールをレシーブして、前 (まえ)かがみになった　あの瞬 (しゅん)間 (かん)…スキができた！…ということは…
  Ichi-do dake… Sō, karen na bishōjo barē buin no bōru o reshību-shite, maekagami ni natta ano shunkan… suki ga dekita! …To iu koto wa…
  That single instance… When you took the ball from that super cute girl from the volleyball club, you leaned forward for a split second… and you got hit! …Which means…
  あ…あの女 (おんな)きさまだったのか。
  A… Ano onna kisama datta no ka.
  Oh… You were that girl, weren’t you?

See also

美 (び)女 (じょ) (bijo, “beautiful woman”)
美 (び)男 (だん)子 (し) (bidanshi, “beautiful young man”)
美 (び)少 (しょう)年 (ねん) (bishōnen, “beautiful young boy”)

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