HSK 6 · Adjectives

美妙 měimiào “wonderful” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 美妙 means

  1. wonderful
  2. beautiful
  3. splendid

How to say 美妙

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale美měi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale妙miào4th tone, falling

美妙 in a sentence

  1. 多么美妙的旋律啊！

    Duōme měimiào de xuánlǜ a!

    What a beautiful melody!

    Sentence #13971851 from Tatoeba

  2. 这是世界上最美妙的声音。

    Zhè shì shìjiè shàng zuì měimiào de shēngyīn.

    This is the most beautiful sound in the world.

    Sentence #13204773 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 非常感谢您昨晚美妙的晚餐。

    Fēicháng gǎnxiè nín zuówǎn měimiào de wǎncān.

    Thank you very much for the wonderful dinner last night.

    Sentence #834316 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 美妙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 美 (měi) with each of its parts in a different colour
美měibeautiful
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 大big · dà
The character 妙 (miào) with each of its parts in a different colour
妙miàoclever
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 少few · shǎoSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 少 (shǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with miào.

How to write 美妙

美 9 strokes · 妙 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

美妙 (měimiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 美妙 (měimiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 美妙

Words with 美

美měi · beautiful美丽měilì · beautiful赞美zànměi · to admire完美wánměi · perfect优美yōuměi · graceful美术měishù · art美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy审美shěnměi · aesthetic物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

Words with 妙

巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious奇妙qímiào · wonderful莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

More words: Adjectives

茫茫mángmáng · vast盲目mángmù · blind美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy猛烈měngliè · fierce勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly渺小miǎoxiǎo · tiny名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name

FAQs

美妙 (měimiào) means “wonderful” or “beautiful”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it měimiào: měi with a 3rd tone, then miào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 美妙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type meimiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 美妙 from the suggestions. Typing meimiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
美妙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.