媲美

Chinese

		to match; to pair	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (媲美)		媲	美
simp. #(媲美)		媲	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei³ mei⁵, bei² mei⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): bê-mī
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pi³ mui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìměi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴-mei³
    • Yale: pì-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihmeei
    • Palladius: пимэй (pimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei³ mei⁵, bei² mei⁵
    • Yale: pei méih, béi méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei³ mei⁵, bei² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi³ méi⁵, béi² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³³ mei̯¹³/, /pei̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bê-mī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴²⁻⁵³ mi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pi³ mui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phì múi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mui⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

媲美

1. to compare favourably with; to (be able to) match; to be comparable with

   美得可與九寨溝媲美 [MSC, trad.]
   美得可与九寨沟媲美 [MSC, simp.]

   měi de kě yǔ Jiǔzhàigōu pìměi [Pinyin]

   to be as beautiful as Jiuzhaigou

   • 就算一說起　記起　別再和前度媲美 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     就算一说起　记起　别再和前度媲美 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], 下一位前度 [NEXT]

     zau⁶ syun³ jat¹ syut³ hei², gei³ hei², bit⁶ zoi³ wo⁴ cin⁴ dou⁶ pei³ mei⁵ [Jyutping]

     even when [I] bring up or remember [you], don't compare with the ex again

Synonyms

• 比美 (bǐměi)