HSK 4 · Adjectives

美丽 měilì “beautiful” in Chinese

Traditional 美麗

What 美丽 means

  1. beautiful

How to say 美丽

  • 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丽lì4th tone, falling

美丽 in a sentence

  1. 世界上最美丽的地方在哪里？

    Shìjiè shàng zuì měilì de dìfang zài nǎlǐ?

    Where is the most beautiful place in the world?

    Sentence #2335959 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她有一双美丽的眼睛。

    Tā yǒu yì shuāng měilì de yǎnjing.

    She has beautiful eyes.

    Sentence #850356 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 从前有个美丽的公主。

    Cóngqián yǒu ge měilì de gōngzhǔ.

    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess.

    Sentence #343967 from Tatoeba

How 美丽 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 丽 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
丽lìbeautiful
  • 一one · yī
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 美丽

美 9 strokes · 丽 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 美丽

Words with 美

美měi · 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美妙měimiào · wonderful审美shěnměi · aesthetic物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

Words with 丽

华丽huálì · magnificent壮丽zhuànglì · magnificent

More words: Adjectives

流行liúxíng · popular乱luàn · in confusion or disorder马虎mǎhu · careless满mǎn · to fill耐心nàixīn · to be patient暖和nuǎnhuo · warm普遍pǔbiàn · universal轻松qīngsōng · relaxed

FAQs

美丽 (měilì) means “beautiful”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it měilì: měi with a 3rd tone, then lì with a 4th 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, 美丽 is written 美麗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type meili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 美丽 from the suggestions. Typing meili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
美丽 is an HSK 4 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.