美人兒

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	person
trad. (美人兒)		美	人兒
simp. (美人儿)		美	人儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měirénr

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měirénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měirénr
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: měi-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirel
    • Palladius: мэйжэньр (mɛjžɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/

Noun

美人兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 美人 (měirén, “beauty”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美女 (“beautiful woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美女, 美人, 佳人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	美人兒
	Taiwan	美女
	Singapore	美女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚女
	Hong Kong	靚女
	Taishan	靚女
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚女
	Dongguan	靚女
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚女
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚女
Hakka	Meixian	標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	靚女
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠查某
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠查某
	Quanzhou	媠查某
	Anxi	媠查某
	Zhangzhou	媠查某
	Zhao'an	媠查某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠查某, 俏母
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠查某
	Shantou	雅諸娘
	Jieyang	雅諸娘, 雅儂
	Leizhou	顯娘
	Wenchang	靚母
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚母
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	靚妹