嫵媚

See also: 妩媚

Chinese

		flatter; to please	flatter; charm
trad. (嫵媚)		嫵	媚
simp. (妩媚)		妩	媚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔmèi

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ mei⁶ / mou⁴ mei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmèi
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-mei⁴
  - Yale: wǔ-mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumey
  - Palladius: умэй (umɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ mei⁶ / mou⁴ mei⁴
  - Yale: móuh meih / mòuh mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ mei⁶ / mou⁴ mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ méi⁶ / mou⁴ méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ mei̯²²/, /mou̯²¹ mei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-bī
  - Tâi-lô: bú-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'bi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/

Adjective

嫵媚

lovely; charming; enchanting (of a woman)
- 我見青山多嫵媚，料青山，見我應如是。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  我见青山多妩媚，料青山，见我应如是。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. spring, 1201, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾), 《賀新郎·甚矣吾衰矣》
  Wǒ jiàn qīngshān duō wǔmèi, liào qīngshān, jiàn wǒ yīng rúshì. [Pinyin]
  I see the green mountains as tantalizing; Likewise should mountains think about me.

Synonyms

柔媚 (róumèi)
秀媚 (xiùmèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫵	媚
ぶ Hyōgai	び Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

嫵(ぶ)媚(び) • (bubi)

(rare) a lovely and charmingly coquettish manner^[1]

References

^ 精選版日本国語大辞典 [Selected edition: unabridged Japanese language dictionary] (in Japanese), Shogakukan, 2005