美少女

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	young woman; girl; youngest daughter
trad. (美少女)		美	少女
simp. ^#(美少女)		美	少女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měishàonǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ siu³ neoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měishàonǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měishàonyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-shao⁴-nü³
  - Yale: měi-shàu-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishawneu
  - Palladius: мэйшаонюй (mɛjšaonjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ siu³ neoi⁵
  - Yale: méih siu néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ siu³ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ xiu³ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

Noun

美少女

beautiful young girl

Related terms

美少年 (měishàonián)
美男子 (měinánzǐ)
美女 (měinǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	少	女
び Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 2	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

美 (bi, “beautiful”) +‎ 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びしょーじょ [bìshóꜜòjò] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [bʲiɕo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

美(び)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (bishōjo) ^{←びせうぢよ (biseudyo)^?}

a beautiful young girl
- 1991 March 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “ＰＡＲＴ(パート).10　そして拳(けん)印(いん)は消(き)えた [PART.10 The Mark’s Finally Gone]”, in らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 14 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 155:
  
  一度(ど)だけ…そう、可(か)憐(れん)な美(び)少(しょう)女(じょ)バレー部(ぶ)員(いん)のボールをレシーブして、前(まえ)かがみになった　あの瞬(しゅん)間(かん)…スキができた！…ということは…
  Ichi-do dake… Sō, karen na bishōjo barē buin no bōru o reshību-shite, maekagami ni natta ano shunkan… suki ga dekita! …To iu koto wa…
  That single instance… When you took the ball from that super cute girl from the volleyball club, you leaned forward for a split second… and you got hit! …Which means…
  あ…あの女(おんな)きさまだったのか。
  A… Ano onna kisama datta no ka.
  Oh… You were that girl, weren’t you?

See also

美(び)女(じょ) (bijo, “beautiful woman”)
美(び)男(だん)子(し) (bidanshi, “beautiful young man”)
美(び)少(しょう)年(ねん) (bishōnen, “beautiful young boy”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	少	女

Noun

美少女 • (misonyeo) (hangeul 미소녀)

hanja form^? of 미소녀 (“beautiful young girl (especially in Japan)”)