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美
Měi
1. the Americas
2. abbr. for [[美洲<Měizhōu>]]
3. USA
4. abbr. for [[美國|美国<Měiguó>]]
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 9 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

美
měi
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

七美
Qīměi
Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county [[澎湖縣|澎湖县<Pénghúxiàn>]] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
中美
ZhōngMěi
China-USA
佳美
jiāměi
beautiful
俊美
jùnměi
pretty
健美
jiànměi
healthy and beautiful
优美
yōuměi
graceful
HSK 5
全美
quánMěi
throughout the United States
八美
Bāměi
Bamay in Dawu County [[道孚縣|道孚县<Dàofúxiàn>]], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
北美
Běiměi
North America
南美
NánMěi
South America
反美
fǎnMěi
anti-American
和美
Héměi
Homei town in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
和美
héměi
harmonious
唯美
wéiměi
aesthetics
国美
Guóměi
Guo mei or Gome electronics chain
壮美
zhuàngměi
magnificent
媲美
pìměi
to match
娇美
jiāoměi
dainty
完美
wánměi
perfect
HSK 5
审美
shěnměi
esthetics
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

美
měi
beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
150
Word Frequency Rank
224 of 84,292