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媚 mèi

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媚 mèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèi | mei4
English translation
attractive, charming; to charm, to flatter

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About 媚 mèi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

媚 mèi

Contains the radical

女 nǚ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of 媚 mèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰女眉

Semantic compound

女 nǚ

Phonetic compound

眉 méi

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Example sentences using 媚 mèi

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在 zài 冬季 dōng jì 的 de 阳光 yángguāng 明媚 míng mèi 的 de 早上 zǎoshang , 也 Yě 可能 kěnéng 会 huì 有飘泼 pō 大雨 dà yǔ .

In a sunny winter morning, it might suddenly rain cats and dogs.

总之 zǒngzhī ,晚 wǎn 春 chūn 已 yǐ 至 zhì , 阳光 yángguāng 明媚 míng mèi ,空气清新.

Well , anyway, it's bright in late spring and the air is fresh.

丽塔: 今天 jīntiān 的 de 天气 tiānqì 真 zhēn 好 hǎo , 阳光 yángguāng 明媚 míng mèi ,我 wǒ 喜欢 xǐhuan 逛 guàng 公园 gōngyuán .

RITA: Ita gorgeous day. I like going to the park.

他 tā 向 Xiàng 阳光 yángguāng 明媚 míng mèi 的 de 舱房 cāng fáng 四下 sì xià 望 wàng 了 le 一眼 yī yǎn .

He looked around at the sunny cabin.

他 tā 有时 yǒu shí 几乎 jīhū 表现 biǎoxiàn 得 dé 妩媚 wǔ mèi 动人 dòng rén , 有时 yǒu shí 却 què 土里土气 tǔ lǐ tǔ qì 象 xiàng 个 gè 十足 shízú 的 de 笨 bèn 伯 bà .

At time he was almost seductively charming; at other times he was boorish and obtuse.

Words with 媚 mèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
明媚 míng mèi bright and beautiful明媚 míng mèi
媚 mèi flatter媚 mèi
妩媚 wǔ mèi lovely嫵媚
阳光明媚 yáng guāng míng mèi the sun shines brightly (idiom)陽光明媚
谄媚 chǎn mèi to flatter諂媚
娇媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious嬌媚
献媚 xiàn mèi to pander to獻媚
媚眼 mèi yǎn charming eyes媚眼 mèi yǎn
柔媚 róu mèi charming柔媚 róu mèi
媚俗 mèi sú kitsch媚俗 mèi sú
妖媚 yāo mèi seductive妖媚 yāo mèi
崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài
媚笑 mèi xiào enchanting smile媚笑 mèi xiào
春光明媚 chūn guāng míng mèi lovely spring sunshine春光明媚 chūn guāng míng mèi
媚态 mèi tài fawning manner媚態
媚外 mèi wài to fawn on foreigners媚外 mèi wài
谄媚者 chǎn mèi zhě flatterer諂媚者
伊媚儿 yī mèi r email (loanword)伊媚兒

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