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美妙

美妙

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	clever; wonderful
simp. and trad. (美妙)		美	妙

Adjective

美妙

Glorious; happy; full of wonder and intrigue; marvellous.

美妙的前途 ― měimiào de qiántú ― a promising future

美妙的新世界 ― měimiào de xīn shìjiè ― a glorious new world

美妙的生活 ― měimiào de shēnghuó ― a happy life

美妙的旅行 ― měimiào de lǚxíng ― an intriguing journey

Etymology

Combination of 美好 měihǎo ("fine; glorious") + 奇妙 qímiào ("wonderful")

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): měimiào

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ miu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-meu
Min Nan (POJ): bí-biāu / bí-miāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: měimiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeimiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ miu⁶
  - Yale: méih miuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ miu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ miːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-meu
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ meu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ meu⁴
  - IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ me̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-biāu / bí-miāu
  - Tâi-lô: bí-biāu / bí-miāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'biau, bymiau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biaʊ²²/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biaʊ⁴¹/, /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biaʊ²²/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biaʊ³³/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biaʊ³³/, /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miaʊ³³/