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We don't really have a word like 健美 in English, but these two characters create a word that means “strong and beautiful.” It could also be translated as “healthy and beautiful.”
Note: 健美 is a word in Chinese and Korean, but it's also the family name Takemi in Japanese. The characters hold the same meaning in Japanese; however, it's like having the English name Stillwell when few people would perceive the meanings of still and well.
美麗的女人 is the best and most polite way to express “beautiful woman” in Chinese.
Note: Some people may like the simple 2-character 美女 way to express this, but there are some bad connotations with that, so better to stay with this longer and more respectful title.
See Also: Beautiful Girl | Beauty
美麗的姑娘 is the best way to express “beautiful girl” in Chinese.
See Also: Beautiful Woman | Beauty
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
Any woman with affection for Asian art will love a gift of this Chinese proverb calligraphy on a wall scroll.
She will melt in your arms as you tell her the meaning of these characters.
Contained in this phrase is a reference to the most beautiful woman in Chinese history. Her name was Xi Shi, and she was known to have good looks that need not have fine robes or makeup. Her charms were so powerful that she brought down an entire kingdom (in a successful effort to bring honor and pride back to her people).
情人眼里出西施 is a great way to express that the woman in your life is your one love.
妖艶 means sexy, fascinating, voluptuous, or bewitching in Japanese Kanji. 妖艶 / 妖艷 is specifically in regards to women.
This has a dictionary meaning of flirtatious or bewitchingly pretty in Chinese. However, in practice, this would refer to a sexy but bitchy woman in modern China.
This is also a word in old Korean Hanja; however, I have not confirmed how it is perceived in Korean culture.
This may not be appropriate for a wall scroll unless your audience is Japanese only.
Note: The second character can also be written in the alternate version shown to the right.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your pretty woman search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
姝 see styles |
shū shu1 shu |
pretty woman |
別品 see styles |
beppin べっぴん |
(1) (kana only) beautiful woman; beauty; pretty girl; (2) high-quality goods; special article |
別嬪 see styles |
beppin べっぴん |
(kana only) beautiful woman; beauty; pretty girl |
標致 标致 see styles |
biāo zhi biao1 zhi5 piao chih |
(of a woman) beautiful; pretty |
細腰 细腰 see styles |
xì yāo xi4 yao1 hsi yao saiyou; hosogoshi / saiyo; hosogoshi さいよう; ほそごし |
slender waist; fig. pretty woman; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin (noun - becomes adjective with の) slender hips; slim waist |
美童 see styles |
miyarabi みやらび |
(rkb:) handsome young woman; pretty girl; (surname, female given name) Bidou |
貌美 see styles |
mào měi mao4 mei3 mao mei |
good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman) |
辣妹子 see styles |
là mèi zi la4 mei4 zi5 la mei tzu |
sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan) |
Variations: |
beppin べっぴん |
(1) (kana only) (ksb:) beautiful woman; pretty girl; (2) (別品 only) high-quality goods; special article |
花を欺く美人 see styles |
hanaoazamukubijin はなをあざむくびじん |
(expression) (rare) woman as pretty as a flower |
Variations: |
kiryouyoshi / kiryoyoshi きりょうよし |
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Strong and Beautiful | 健美 | takemi | jiàn měi / jian4 mei3 / jian mei / jianmei | chien mei / chienmei |
Beautiful Woman | 美麗的女人 美丽的女人 | měi lì de nǚ rén mei3 li4 de nv3 ren2 mei li de nv ren meilidenvren | mei li te nü jen meilitenüjen |
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Beautiful Girl | 美麗的姑娘 美丽的姑娘 | měi lì de gū niang mei3 li4 de gu1 niang mei li de gu niang meilideguniang | mei li te ku niang meilitekuniang |
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Beauty Beautiful Handsome | 美 | bi | měi / mei3 / mei | |
You are always a beauty in your lover’s eyes | 情人眼里出西施 | qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 chu1 xi1 shi1 qing ren yan li chu xi shi qingrenyanlichuxishi | ch`ing jen yen li ch`u hsi shih chingjenyenlichuhsishih ching jen yen li chu hsi shih |
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Sexy Voluptuous | 妖艶 / 妖艷 妖艳 | you en / youen / yo en | yāo yàn / yao1 yan4 / yao yan / yaoyan | yao yen / yaoyen |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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