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美

měi

HSK 3.0 · 3

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měi · mei5 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])
  2. (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
  3. beautiful
  4. very satisfactory; good
  5. to beautify
  6. to be pleased with oneself

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

美

Meaning
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
Radical
羊
Strokes
9
Components
⿱羊大
Cangjie
TGK
Four-corner
8043.1

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