佳麗

See also: 佳丽

Chinese

		excellent	beautiful; Korea
trad. (佳麗)		佳	麗
simp. (佳丽)		佳	丽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiālì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ lai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-lē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiālì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jialì
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-li⁴
  - Yale: jyā-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jialih
  - Palladius: цзяли (czjali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai¹ lai⁶
  - Yale: gāai laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-lē
  - Tâi-lô: ka-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kale
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/

Middle Chinese: kea lejH

Rime
Character	佳	麗
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	古膎切	郎計切
Baxter	kea	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛ/	/lei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæ/	/lei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kæi/	/lɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨj/	/lɛj^H/
Li Rong	/kɛ/	/lei^H/
Wang Li	/kai/	/liei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kai/	/liei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai¹	lai⁶

Adjective

佳麗

(literary) beautiful; pretty

Noun

佳麗

(literary) babe; beauty; belle; beauty queen
(～卦) A combination 三上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.

Synonyms

佳人 (jiārén)
出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
嫭 (hù) (literary)
嬌 / 娇 (jiāo)
尤物 (yóuwù)
紅顏 / 红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
美人 (měirén)
美女 (měinǚ)
行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary, figurative)
靚女 / 靓女 (chiefly Cantonese)
麗人 / 丽人 (lìrén) (literary)

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, 尤物
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美女, 美人, 佳人, 尤物
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
Hakka	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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	麗
か Grade: S	れい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ː]

Adjective

佳(か)麗(れい) • (karei) -na (adnominal 佳(か)麗(れい)な (karei na), adverbial 佳(か)麗(れい)に (karei ni))

beautiful; fair; pretty
Synonyms: きれい (kirei), 美しい (utsukushii)

Noun

佳(か)麗(れい) • (karei)

beauty; that which is beautiful
a beautiful woman; a beauty; a belle
Synonyms: 美人 (bijin), 美女 (bijo), 佳人 (kajin), 麗人 (reijin)