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měi = m + ei3
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
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měi = m + ei3
beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
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měi = m + ei3
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
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How to pronounce 美

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ei3 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

美 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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yáng = y + ang2
sheep / goat / CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
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Characters with 美 as component

měi = m + ei3
magnesium (chemistry)
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gēng = g + (e)ng1
soup
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měi = m + ei3
beautiful
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Words with 美

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United States / USA / US
American dollar / US dollar
perfect / perfection / perfectly

Sentences with 美

zhōng
jǐng
zhī
měi

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měi

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