佳美

Chinese

		excellent	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (佳美)		佳	美
simp. #(佳美)		佳	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaměi
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-mei³
    • Yale: jyā-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiameei
    • Palladius: цзямэй (czjamɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: gāai méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Adjective

佳美

1. pleasant
2. beautiful
3. caramel (color)

Proper noun

佳美

1. (Toyota) Camry

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	美
よし Grade: S	み Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Proper noun

佳(よし)美(み) • (Yoshimi) 

1. a female given name

Adjective

Kanji in this term
佳	美
か Grade: S	び Grade: 3
on’yomi

佳(か)美(び) • (kabi) ^†-nari

1. (Classical Japanese, literary) pleasant
2. (Classical Japanese, literary) beautiful

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/佳美 (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/佳美)