"美色" meaning in Chinese

See 美色 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/, /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/, /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/, /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: měisè [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄟˇ ㄙㄜˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁵ sik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bí-sek, měisè [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], měisè [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mei³-sê⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], měi-sè [Mandarin, Yale], meeiseh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мэйсэ [Mandarin, Palladius], mɛjsɛ [Mandarin, Palladius], méih sīk [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁵ sik⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁵ xig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bí-sek [Hokkien, POJ], bí-sik [Hokkien, Tai-lo], byseg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 美色
  1. good looks (usually of a woman); charms Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-美色-zh-noun-IHIPRFqo Disambiguation of Appearance: 50 50 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 49 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 1 1
  2. good looks (usually of a woman); charms
    beautiful woman
    Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-美色-zh-noun-tkgE05hw Disambiguation of Appearance: 50 50 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 49 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Female
Disambiguation of Female: 0 0
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          "beautiful"
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      "zh-pron": "měisè"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ sik¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-sek"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měisè"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měisè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-sê⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-sè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeiseh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйсэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjsɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih sīk"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ sik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ xig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-sek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-sik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byseg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美色"
}
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      "zh-pron": "měisè"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ sik¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bí-sek"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měisè"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měisè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-sê⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-sè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeiseh"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйсэ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjsɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "méih sīk"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ sik⁷"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ xig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-sek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bí-sik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "byseg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美色"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 美色 meaning in Chinese (2.2kB)

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