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The Cantonese word mei lai - 美丽 - mei5 lai6
(beautiful in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

mei5 lai6

English translations

beautiful,
pretty

Chinese characters:

美丽
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美丽 (mei5 lai6) is composed of these characters: 美, 丽
美丽 ( mei lai / mei5 lai6 ) in traditional characters
美麗
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Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

beauty  |  also: pretty
美丽 ( mei lai / mei5 lai6 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 186)
More words that mean beautiful in Cantonese
hou2 hon3 ( 好看 ), mei5 ( 美 )

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