選美

See also: 选美

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (選美)		選	美
simp. (选美)		选	美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuǎnměi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soán-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnměi [Phonetic: xuánměi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnměi
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan³-mei³
  - Yale: sywǎn-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanmeei
  - Palladius: сюаньмэй (sjuanʹmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun² mei⁵
  - Yale: syún méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn² mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun² méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-bí
  - Tâi-lô: suán-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soafnbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/

Noun

選⫽美 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to hold a beauty contest; to hold a beauty pageant

Synonyms

賽美／赛美 (sàiměi)

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