HSK 6 · Adjectives

美满 měimǎn “happy” in Chinese

Said as méimǎn

Traditional 美滿

What 美满 means

  1. happy
  2. perfectly satisfactory
  3. blissful

How to say 美满

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale满mǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as méimǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

美满 in a sentence

  1. 祝你们婚姻美满！

    Zhù nǐmen hūnyīn měimǎn!

    Wishing you a happy marriage!

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他们有一个美满的家庭。

    Tāmen yǒu yí ge měimǎn de jiātíng.

    They have a happy family.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 美满 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 满 (mǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
满mǎnto fill
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 两two · liǎng

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 㒼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with mǎn.

How to write 美满

美 9 strokes · 满 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 美满

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

Words with 满

满意mǎnyì · satisfied满mǎn · to fill满足mǎnzú · to satisfy充满chōngmǎn · to be full of丰满fēngmǎn · plump圆满yuánmǎn · satisfactory自满zìmǎn · complacent

More words: Adjectives

忙碌mánglù · busy茫茫mángmáng · vast盲目mángmù · blind美观měiguān · attractive美妙měimiào · wonderful猛烈měngliè · fierce勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly渺小miǎoxiǎo · tiny

FAQs

美满 (měimǎn) means “happy” or “perfectly satisfactory”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it měimǎn: měi with a 3rd tone, then mǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like méimǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 美满 is written 美滿. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type meiman with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 美满 from the suggestions. Typing meiman into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
美满 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.