"美人" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/, /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/, /mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/, /mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/, /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/, /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/, /me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/, /me²² zən⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: měirén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁵ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mî-ngìn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bí-lîn, bí-jîn, ⁶me-gnin; ⁶me-zen, měirén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], měirén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], mei³-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], měi-rén [Mandarin, Yale, standard], meeiren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], мэйжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mɛjžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], měirénr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], měirénr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mei³-jên²-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], měi-rénr [Mandarin, Yale], meeirel [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мэйжэньр [Mandarin, Palladius], mɛjžɛnʹr [Mandarin, Palladius], méih yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁵ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁵ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mî-ngìn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], mi´ nginˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], mi¹ ngin² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], bí-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], bí-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], byliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bí-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], bí-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], byjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶me-gnin; ⁶me-zen [Wu], me^去 nyin; me^去 zen [Wu], ³me-nyin; ³me-zen [Wu], /me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/ [Wu], /me²² zən⁴⁴/ [Wu], mijX nyin [Middle-Chinese], /*[m]rəjʔ ni[ŋ]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*mriʔ njin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 美人
  1. beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-美人-zh-noun-pXSiugr8 Disambiguation of Appearance: 65 35
  2. (archaic) royal consort Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Female people, Monarchy
    Sense id: en-美人-zh-noun-pcYZvNXm Disambiguation of Female people: 29 71 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 26 74 Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: 帥哥 (shuàigē), 帅哥 (shuàigē)
Synonyms: 佳人 (jiārén), 佳麗 (jiālì) [literary], 佳丽 (jiālì) [literary], 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) [figuratively], (hù) [literary], (jiāo), (jiāo), 紅顏 (hóngyán) [figuratively, literary], 红颜 (hóngyán) [figuratively, literary], 美女 (měinǚ), 行雨 (xíngyǔ) [figuratively, literary], 靚女 [Cantonese], 靓女 [Cantonese], 麗人 (lìrén) [literary], 丽人 (lìrén) [literary] Derived forms: 橙紅美人蕉, 橙红美人蕉, 睡美人 (Shuìměirén), 美人兒 (měirénr), 美人儿 (měirénr), 美人命薄, 美人尖 (měirénjiān), 美人局, 美人拳, 美人樹, 美人树, 美人沱 (Měiréntuó), 美人燈兒 (měiréndēngr), 美人灯儿 (měiréndēngr), 美人癆 (měirénláo), 美人痨 (měirénláo), 美人胎子, 美人胚子, 美人蕉 (měirénjiāo), 美人計 (měirénjì), 美人计 (měirénjì), 美人遲暮, 美人迟暮, 美人香草, 美人髻 (měirénjì), 美人魚 (měirényú), 美人鱼 (měirényú), 英雄難過美人關 (yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān), 英雄难过美人关 (yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān), 蘇美人, 苏美人, 虞美人 (yúměirén), 蛇蠍美人 (shéxiē měirén), 蛇蝎美人 (shéxiē měirén), 香草美人

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      "word": "美人痨"
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      "word": "美人香草"
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      "word": "美人髻"
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      "word": "美人魚"
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      "word": "英雄難過美人關"
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      "roman": "yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān",
      "word": "英雄难过美人关"
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      "word": "蘇美人"
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      "roman": "yúměirén",
      "word": "虞美人"
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      "roman": "shéxiē měirén",
      "word": "蛇蠍美人"
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      "roman": "shéxiē měirén",
      "word": "蛇蝎美人"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "香草美人"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "lovely",
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            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
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          "langcode": "zh",
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        {
          "english": "King Zhuang of Chu threw a banquet for a bunch of his ministers. As nightfall approached, many of them became tipsy. At one point, the candles blew out, and someone took advantage of the darkness to grab at the queen’s garments. The queen caught hold of the cord which held the person's headpiece in place, yanked it off, then said to the king, \"After the candles blew out, someone grabbed at my clothes. I yanked off the cord which holds his headpiece in place. Bring over a candle so that I can see who is missing a cord for their headpiece.\"",
          "ref": "楚莊王賜群臣酒,日暮酒酣,燈燭滅,乃有人引美人之衣者,美人援絕其冠纓,告王曰:「今者燭滅,有引妾衣者,妾援得其冠纓持之,趣火來上,視絕纓者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "楚庄王赐群臣酒,日暮酒酣,灯烛灭,乃有人引美人之衣者,美人援绝其冠缨,告王曰:「今者烛灭,有引妾衣者,妾援得其冠缨持之,趣火来上,视绝缨者。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6\nChǔ Zhuāngwáng cì qúnchén jiǔ, rìmù jiǔhān, dēngzhú miè, nǎi yǒurén yǐn měirén zhī yī zhě, měirén yuán jué qí guānyīng, gào wáng yuē: “Jīn zhě zhú miè, yǒu yǐn qiè yī zhě, qiè yuán dé qí guānyīng chí zhī, qù huǒ lái shàng, shì juéyīng zhě.” [Pinyin]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "royal consort"
      ],
      "id": "en-美人-zh-noun-pcYZvNXm",
      "links": [
        [
          "royal",
          "royal"
        ],
        [
          "consort",
          "consort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) royal consort"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-jîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶me-gnin; ⁶me-zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeiren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirénr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirénr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-jên²-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-rénr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeirel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйжэньр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjžɛnʹr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mi´ nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mi¹ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶me-gnin; ⁶me-zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "me^去 nyin; me^去 zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³me-nyin; ³me-zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/me²² zən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mijX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[m]rəjʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mriʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me²² zən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[m]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mriʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiārén",
      "word": "佳人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiālì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "佳麗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiālì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "佳丽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chūshuǐfúróng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "出水芙蓉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "嫭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiāo",
      "word": "嬌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiāo",
      "word": "娇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hóngyán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "紅顏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hóngyán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "红颜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "měinǚ",
      "word": "美女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xíngyǔ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "行雨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "靚女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "靓女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lìrén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "麗人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lìrén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "丽人"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美人"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Appearance",
    "zh:Female people",
    "zh:Monarchy"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "roman": "shuàigē",
      "word": "帥哥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuàigē",
      "word": "帅哥"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "橙紅美人蕉"
    },
    {
      "word": "橙红美人蕉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Shuìměirén",
      "word": "睡美人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénr",
      "word": "美人兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénr",
      "word": "美人儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人命薄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénjiān",
      "word": "美人尖"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人局"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人拳"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人樹"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人树"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Měiréntuó",
      "word": "美人沱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měiréndēngr",
      "word": "美人燈兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měiréndēngr",
      "word": "美人灯儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénláo",
      "word": "美人癆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénláo",
      "word": "美人痨"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人胎子"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人胚子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénjiāo",
      "word": "美人蕉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénjì",
      "word": "美人計"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénjì",
      "word": "美人计"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人遲暮"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人迟暮"
    },
    {
      "word": "美人香草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirénjì",
      "word": "美人髻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirényú",
      "word": "美人魚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měirényú",
      "word": "美人鱼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān",
      "word": "英雄難過美人關"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān",
      "word": "英雄难过美人关"
    },
    {
      "word": "蘇美人"
    },
    {
      "word": "苏美人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yúměirén",
      "word": "虞美人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shéxiē měirén",
      "word": "蛇蠍美人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shéxiē měirén",
      "word": "蛇蝎美人"
    },
    {
      "word": "香草美人"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "美人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ],
        [
          "lovely",
          "lovely"
        ],
        [
          "lady",
          "lady"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "King Zhuang of Chu threw a banquet for a bunch of his ministers. As nightfall approached, many of them became tipsy. At one point, the candles blew out, and someone took advantage of the darkness to grab at the queen’s garments. The queen caught hold of the cord which held the person's headpiece in place, yanked it off, then said to the king, \"After the candles blew out, someone grabbed at my clothes. I yanked off the cord which holds his headpiece in place. Bring over a candle so that I can see who is missing a cord for their headpiece.\"",
          "ref": "楚莊王賜群臣酒,日暮酒酣,燈燭滅,乃有人引美人之衣者,美人援絕其冠纓,告王曰:「今者燭滅,有引妾衣者,妾援得其冠纓持之,趣火來上,視絕纓者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "楚庄王赐群臣酒,日暮酒酣,灯烛灭,乃有人引美人之衣者,美人援绝其冠缨,告王曰:「今者烛灭,有引妾衣者,妾援得其冠缨持之,趣火来上,视绝缨者。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6\nChǔ Zhuāngwáng cì qúnchén jiǔ, rìmù jiǔhān, dēngzhú miè, nǎi yǒurén yǐn měirén zhī yī zhě, měirén yuán jué qí guānyīng, gào wáng yuē: “Jīn zhě zhú miè, yǒu yǐn qiè yī zhě, qiè yuán dé qí guānyīng chí zhī, qù huǒ lái shàng, shì juéyīng zhě.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "royal consort"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "royal",
          "royal"
        ],
        [
          "consort",
          "consort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) royal consort"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-jîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶me-gnin; ⁶me-zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeiren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirénr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měirénr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-jên²-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-rénr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeirel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйжэньр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjžɛnʹr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî-ngìn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mi´ nginˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mi¹ ngin²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶me-gnin; ⁶me-zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "me^去 nyin; me^去 zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³me-nyin; ³me-zen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/me²² zən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mijX nyin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[m]rəjʔ ni[ŋ]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mriʔ njin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me²² zən⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[m]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mriʔ njin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiārén",
      "word": "佳人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiālì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "佳麗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiālì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "佳丽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūshuǐfúróng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "出水芙蓉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "嫭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāo",
      "word": "嬌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiāo",
      "word": "娇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóngyán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "紅顏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóngyán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "红颜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "měinǚ",
      "word": "美女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xíngyǔ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "行雨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "靚女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "靓女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìrén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "麗人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìrén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "丽人"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美人"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.