曲線美

See also: 曲线美

Chinese

		curve; bend; curl curve; bend; curl; curvature; curve	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (曲線美/曲綫美)		曲線/曲綫	美
simp. (曲线美)		曲线	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūxiànměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ sin³ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūxiànměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyusiànměi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-hsien⁴-mei³
    • Yale: chyū-syàn-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiushiannmeei
    • Palladius: цюйсяньмэй (cjujsjanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ sin³ mei⁵
    • Yale: kūk sin méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ sin³ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ xin³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ siːn³³ mei̯¹³/

Noun

曲線美

1. beauty from curvaceousness; the beauty of a curvy woman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曲	線	美
きょく Grade: 3	せん Grade: 2	び Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 曲線 (kyokusen, “curve, curved line”) +‎ 美 (bi, “beauty”).^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょくせんび [kyòkúséꜜǹbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟sẽ̞mbʲi]

Noun

曲(きょく)線(せん)美(び) • (kyokusenbi) 

1. beauty from curvaceousness
2. the beauty of a curvy woman

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN