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美味

美味

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	taste
simp. and trad. (美味)		美	味

Adjective

美味

delicious

Noun

美味

delicious food

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): měiwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bí-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: měiwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiwey
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ mei⁶
  - Yale: méih meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ mei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ mei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-bī
  - Tâi-lô: bí-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'bi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/