美容

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
trad. (美容)		美	容
simp. ^#(美容)		美	容
anagram		容美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měiróng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jung⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mî-yùng

(Hailu, HRS): mui^ˋ rhung
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-iông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiróng
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-jung²
  - Yale: měi-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirong
  - Palladius: мэйжун (mɛjžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jung⁴
  - Yale: méih yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ iung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ (r)iung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mui^ˋ rhung
  - Sinological IPA: /mui⁵³ ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-iông
  - Tâi-lô: bí-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²³/

Verb

美容

to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to have a beauty treatment; to beautify

Derived terms

小針美容 / 小针美容
汽車美容 / 汽车美容
美容外科學 / 美容外科学 (měiróng wàikēxué)
美容師 / 美容师 (měiróngshī)
美容術 / 美容术
美容院 (měiróngyuàn)
美容霜 (měiróngshuāng)
美容體操 / 美容体操 (měiróng tǐcāo)
都市美容師 / 都市美容师
體內美容 / 体内美容

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	容
び Grade: 3	よう Grade: 5

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びよー [bìyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [bʲijo̞ː]

Noun

美(び)容(よう) • (biyō)

beauty (especially of a person's face or body)

Derived terms

美容院(びよういん) (biyōin)

See also

Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美容

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	容

Noun

美容 • (miyong) (hangeul 미용)

hanja form^? of 미용 (“beauty”)