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鮮美

鮮美

See also: 鲜美

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (鮮美)		鮮	美
simp. (鲜美)		鲜	美

Noun

鮮美

delicious; tasty
(literary) fresh and pleasing

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鮮美):

Japanese: 鮮美 (せんび) ‎(senbi)
Korean: 선미 (鮮美, seonmi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānměi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ mei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): sián-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmeei
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ mei⁵
  - Yale: sīn méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián-bí
  - Tâi-lô: sián-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siefnbie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/