媠

媠 U+5AA0, 媠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AA0 ← 媟 [U+5A9F] CJK Unified Ideographs 媡 → [U+5AA1]

Translingual

Han character

媠 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女大一月 (VKMB), composition ⿰女⿱左月)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6525
• Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1064, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5AA0

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 媠 – see 嫷 (“good; beautiful”). (This character is a variant form of 嫷).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 媠 – see 惰 (“lazy; indolent; irreverent; careless”). (This character is a variant form of 惰).

Etymology 3

trad.		媠
simp. #		媠
alternative forms		美 水 秀 嫷 娞

Jerry Norman considers this to be the same word as 水 (shuǐ, “water”) (Schuessler, 2007). But also compare Thai สวย (sǔai, “beautiful”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): súi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sui²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi
    • Tâi-lô: suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Longyan): /sui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: súi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵²/

Definitions

媠

1. (Southern Min) good-looking; pretty; beautiful

   媠啦！ [Hokkien]  ―  Súi--la! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Nice! / Very good!

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚2, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚2, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	靚2
	Macau	靚2
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚2
	Foshan	靚2
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚2
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚2
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚2
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚2
	Taishan	靚2
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚2
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚2
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚2
	Dongguan	靚2, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚2
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚2
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚2
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚2
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	Pingxiang	好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標
Hakka	Meixian	好看, 靚2, 靚3, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅
	Xingning	靚2
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	靚2
	Huiyang	靚2
	Huidong (Daling)	靚2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚2
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚2
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚3
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚2
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚3
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚2
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚2
	Jiexi	靚2
	Changting	靚3
	Wuping	靚3
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚3
	Liancheng	靚3
	Ninghua	靚3
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚3
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚2, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚3
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚3
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚3
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚3
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚3
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚3
	Hong Kong	靚2
	Luchuan	靚2
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚2
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚3
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Handan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好覷, 雅式, 生得好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮
	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚2
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚4, 好望
	Haikou	靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚4
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚4
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	靚2, 好覷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	㜺, 靚2
Wu	Shanghai	漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Antonyms

• 䆀 (bái)

Compounds

• 媠噹噹 / 媠当当
• 媠氣 / 媠气
• 媠色
• 媠茫茫
• 媠靡
• 愛媠 / 爱媠

Descendants

• → English: swee (Singlish)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00708-004
• (Min Nan) “Entry #8310”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese

Kanji

媠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: だ (da)、な (na)、ら (ra)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: おこたる (okotaru, 媠る)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 媠い)

Vietnamese

Han character

媠: Hán Nôm readings: thõa/thoã

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References

• Nom Foundation