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美 is often used to describe the beauty of a woman.
However, when applied to a man, it can mean handsome. It's also the first character in the word for “beauty salon” which you will see all over China and Japan.
This can be used as the given name for a girl (spell it or say it as “Mei” or “May”).
For a bit of trivia: The title for the “USA” in Chinese is “Mei Guo” which literally means “Beautiful Country.” This name was bestowed at a time before Chairman Mao came to power and decided that China didn't like the USA anymore (even though we fought together against the Japanese in WWII). But these days, Chinese people love Americans (but have a distaste for American politics and policy). But I digress...
美 is also how “Beautiful” is written in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja. 美 can also mean: very satisfactory; good; to be pleased with oneself; abbreviation for the USA; fine; handsome; admirable; madhura; sweet; and/or pleasant.
See Also: Beautiful Woman | Beautiful Girl
美猴王 is the specific title for “Monkey King.”
A character made famous by the ancient novel Journey to the West.
It literally means “Handsome/Beautiful Monkey King.”
See Also: Monkey Fist | Drunken Monkey
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your l handsome search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
曼 see styles |
màn man4 man manei / mane まんえい |
More info & calligraphy: Mann(personal name) Man'ei Long, prolonged, extended, widespread. |
美 see styles |
měi mei3 mei bi び |
More info & calligraphy: Beauty / Beautiful / Handsome(n,n-suf) beauty; (personal name) Yomisuru Fine, handsome, beautiful, admirable. madhura, sweet, pleasant. |
美青年 see styles |
biseinen / bisenen びせいねん |
More info & calligraphy: Adonis / Handsome Young Man |
佼 see styles |
jiǎo jiao3 chiao |
handsome |
倢 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh |
handsome |
妤 see styles |
yú yu2 yü |
handsome; fair |
姚 see styles |
yáo yao2 yao you / yo よう |
handsome; good-looking (surname, given name) Yō |
婕 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh |
handsome |
帥 帅 see styles |
shuài shuai4 shuai sochi; sotsu そち; そつ |
(bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) (See 大宰府) director of the Dazaifu; (given name) Tsukasa |
五生 see styles |
wǔ shēng wu3 sheng1 wu sheng takai たかい |
(female given name) Takai Five rebirths, i. e. five states, or conditions of a bodhisattva's rebirth: (1) to stay calamities, e. g. by sacrificing himself; (2) in any class that may need him; (3) in superior condition, handsome, wealthy, or noble; (4) in various grades of kingship; (5) final rebirth before Buddhahood; v. 瑜伽論 4. |
俊美 see styles |
jun měi jun4 mei3 chün mei yoshimi よしみ |
pretty; handsome (female given name) Yoshimi |
俏麗 俏丽 see styles |
qiào lì qiao4 li4 ch`iao li chiao li |
handsome; pretty |
優渥 优渥 see styles |
yōu wò you1 wo4 yu wo yuuaku / yuaku ゆうあく |
handsome (pay etc); generous; liberal (noun or adjectival noun) gracious |
帥哥 帅哥 see styles |
shuài gē shuai4 ge1 shuai ko |
handsome guy; lady-killer; handsome (form of address) |
帥氣 帅气 see styles |
shuài qi shuai4 qi5 shuai ch`i shuai chi |
handsome; smart; dashing; elegant |
彬蔚 see styles |
bīn wèi bin1 wei4 pin wei hinutsu ひんうつ |
erudite and refined (rare) (archaism) erudite and refined; handsome |
校草 see styles |
xiào cǎo xiao4 cao3 hsiao ts`ao hsiao tsao |
the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiao4 hua1]) |
潘岳 see styles |
pān yuè pan1 yue4 p`an yüeh pan yüeh |
Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" |
班草 see styles |
bān cǎo ban1 cao3 pan ts`ao pan tsao |
the most handsome boy in the class |
男前 see styles |
otokomae(p); otokomae おとこまえ(P); オトコマエ |
(1) handsome man; man's looks; good looks; (2) manliness |
立派 see styles |
rippa りっぱ |
(adjectival noun) (1) splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; impressive; (adjectival noun) (2) praiseworthy; creditable; worthy; (adjectival noun) (3) legal; legitimate; lawful; (adjectival noun) (4) undeniable (e.g. crime); indisputable; solid |
端正 see styles |
duān zhèng duan1 zheng4 tuan cheng tanshō たんせい |
upright; regular; proper; correct (noun or adjectival noun) handsome; noble Proper, properly ordered, rectitude, integrity. |
端雅 see styles |
tanga たんが |
elegant; handsome and refined |
端麗 see styles |
tanrei / tanre たんれい |
(noun or adjectival noun) fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant |
美形 see styles |
bikei; bigyou(ok) / bike; bigyo(ok) びけい; びぎょう(ok) |
(1) beautiful face; beautiful looks; (2) beauty; belle; handsome man |
美男 see styles |
binan; bidan びなん; びだん |
handsome man; (male given name) Yoshio |
美童 see styles |
miyarabi みやらび |
(rkb:) handsome young woman; pretty girl; (surname, female given name) Bidou |
色悪 see styles |
iroaku いろあく |
handsome villain |
英俊 see styles |
yīng jun ying1 jun4 ying chün eishun / eshun えいしゅん |
handsome genius; prodigy; (male given name) Fusatoshi Eishun |
雋拔 隽拔 see styles |
juàn bá juan4 ba2 chüan pa |
handsome (of people); graceful (of calligraphy) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Beauty Beautiful Handsome | 美 | bi | měi / mei3 / mei | |
Adonis Handsome Young Man | 美青年 | bi sei nen / biseinen | ||
Monkey King | 美猴王 | měi hóu wáng mei3 hou2 wang2 mei hou wang meihouwang |
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