美

měi · mei/Měi · mei

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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měi 美

  1. beautiful
  2. very satisfactory; good
  3. to beautify
  4. to be pleased with oneself

Měi 美

  1. (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲 (Měi zhōu))
  2. (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國 / 美国 (Měi guó))

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)里(lǐ)的(de)自(zì)然(rán)景(jǐng)观(guān)的(de)特(tè)点(diǎn)是(shì)山(shān)非(fēi)常(cháng)多(duō),而(ér)且(qiě)像(xiàng)画(huà)一(yí)样(yàng)特(tè)别(bié)美(měi)。

The natural landscape is characterised by its large amount of mountains, and it looks as truly beautiful as a painting.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)座(zuò)小(xiǎo)城(chéng)的(de)夜(yè)景(jǐng)美(měi)得(de)让(ràng)人(rén)不(bù)想(xiǎng)离(lí)开(kāi)。

The night view of this small town is so beautiful that it makes people not want to leave.

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