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Pronunciation : měi

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Meaning :
  1. beautiful; pretty. (adj)
  2. very satisfactory; good. (adj)
  3. beauty. (n)
  4. beautify; prettify. (v)
Radical : 羊
Strokes : 9
Traditional : 美
Usage : 50.1%
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
美丽
měi lì

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 : beautiful
2.
美好
měi hǎo

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 : wonderful; fine
3.
美术
měi shù

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 : fine arts; painting
4.
美国
měi guó

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 : the US, the USA
5.
美女
měi nǚ

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 : a beautiful woman
6.
赞美
zàn měi

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 : praise; compliment
Sentences:
1. This painting is so beautiful.
zhè fú huà tài měi le 。
这 幅 画 太 美 了 。

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这 : this
幅 : measure word
画 : painting
太 : very, too
美 : pretty, beautiful
了 : indicating a certain situation under certain conditions
2. She’s very pretty.
tā zhǎng de hěn měi 。
她 长 得 很 美 。

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她 : she
长 : come into being; grow
得 : used to link a verb or an adjective to a complement which describes the manner or degree
很 : very
美 : pretty, beautiful
3. I was enchanted with her beauty.
wǒ bèi tā de měi lì suǒ xī yǐn 。
我 被 她 的 美 丽 所 吸 引 。

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我 : I
被 : (preposition) by
她的 : her
美丽 : beauty
所 : (used before a verb to form a noun construction) what, that which (expressing a passive meaning)
吸引 : attract
4. Life is so beautiful!
rén shēng rú cǐ měi hǎo ！
人 生 如 此 美 好 ！

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人生 : life
如此 : so; such
美 : beautiful
好 : good
美好 : wonderful; fine
5. I lived in the United States for two years.
wǒ céng jīng zài měi guó zhù guo liǎng nián 。
我 曾 经 在 美 国 住 过 两 年 。

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我 : I
曾经 : once
在 : at, in
美国 : United States
住 : stay, live
过 : (particle) used after a verb to indicate the completion of an action
两 : two
年 : years
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February 4th, 2010 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , , ,

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