HSK 6 · Adjectives

美观 měiguān “attractive” in Chinese

Traditional 美觀

What 美观 means

  1. attractive
  2. pleasing to the eye
  3. beautiful
  4. artistic

How to say 美观

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

美观 in a sentence

  1. 这个设计既实用又美观。

    Zhè ge shèjì jì shíyòng yòu měiguān.

    This design is both practical and attractive.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 房间布置得很美观。

    Fángjiān bùzhì de hěn měiguān.

    The room is nicely arranged.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 美观 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 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 美观

美 9 strokes · 观 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 美观

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美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful审美shěnměi · aesthetic物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable

More words: Adjectives

络绎不绝luòyìbùjué · in an endless stream忙碌mánglù · busy茫茫mángmáng · vast盲目mángmù · blind美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful猛烈měngliè · fierce勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly

FAQs

美观 (měiguān) means “attractive” or “pleasing to the eye”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it měiguān: měi with a 3rd tone, then guān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 美观 is written 美觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type meiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 美观 from the suggestions. Typing meiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
美观 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.