HSK 3 · Quality & Evaluation

美

měi

beautiful

Stroke order of 美

美 is written with 9 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A sheep (羊) grown big (大) is a handsome sight, hence beautiful.

Parts: 羊 sheep + 大 big

Example sentence

这里的风景真美！

The scenery here is really beautiful!

Words with 美

美元US dollar 美食delicious food 美术fine arts 完美perfect 美好beautiful; fine 美丽beautiful

More words: Quality & Evaluation

标准standard 规范standard; norm 合格qualified; up to standard 合理reasonable 完美perfect 完善perfect; to improve 精彩wonderful; brilliant 伟大great 美好beautiful; fine 美丽beautiful 生动lively; vivid 深刻profound; deep 深deep; dark (color)可靠reliable 先进advanced

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