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美

měi

Novice Level 1* ★ Core word
Stative verb

美 (měi) is a Chinese word meaning “beautiful”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1* (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲)
  2. (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國)
  3. beautiful
  4. very satisfactory; good
  5. to beautify
  6. to be pleased with oneself

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Example

這裡的風景很美。

The scenery here is beautiful.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).