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The Chinese word meili - 美丽 - měilì
(beautiful in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

měilì

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English translations

beautiful,
pretty

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Chinese characters  ( meili / měilì ) with pronunciation (English translation: beautiful )

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美丽 ( meili / měilì ) is composed of these characters: 美 (mei) , 丽 (li)
美丽 ( meili / měilì ) in traditional characters
美麗
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 美丽 ( meili / měilì ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).

Ta hen meili.
Tā hěn měilì.
 – English translation: She is very beautiful.

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beauty  |  also: pretty
美丽 ( meili / měilì ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 186)
More words that mean beautiful in Chinese
hǎokàn ( 好看 ), měi ( 美 )

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