HSK 5 · Adjectives

完美 wánměi “perfect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 完美 means

  1. perfect

How to say 完美

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale完wán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale美měi3rd tone, dipping

完美 in a sentence

  1. 没有人是完美的。

    Méiyǒu rén shì wánměi de.

    Nobody’s perfect.

    Sentence #358153 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的发音远非完美。

    Tā de fāyīn yuǎn fēi wánměi.

    His pronunciation is far from perfect.

    Sentence #7772058 from Tatoeba

  3. 这舞者的每一个动作都是完美的。

    Zhè wǔzhě de měi yí ge dòngzuò dōu shì wánměi de.

    Every move this dancer makes is perfect.

    Sentence #818092 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 完美 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 完 (wán) with each of its parts in a different colour
完wánto finish
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 元first · yuánSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with wán.

Memory aidPicture a house 宀 finished from the first 元 brick to the last: whole, finished.

The character 美 (měi) with each of its parts in a different colour
美měibeautiful
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 大big · dà

How to write 完美

完 7 strokes · 美 9 strokes

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

Words related to 完美

Words with 完

完wán · to finish完成wánchéng · to complete完全wánquán · complete完善wánshàn · complete完整wánzhěng · complete完毕wánbì · to finish完备wánbèi · complete

Words with 美

美měi · beautiful美丽měilì · beautiful赞美zànměi · to admire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

More words: Adjectives

天真tiānzhēn · naive透明tòumíng · transparent突出tūchū · prominent歪wāi · askew完善wánshàn · complete完整wánzhěng · complete伟大wěidà · great温暖wēnnuǎn · warm

FAQs

完美 (wánměi) means “perfect”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wánměi: wán with a 2nd tone, then měi with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 完美 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanmei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 完美 from the suggestions. Typing wanmei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
完美 is an HSK 5 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.