# 漂亮
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): piàoliang, piàoliàng
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ, ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): пёлён (pi͡oli͡on, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): piu$^3$ loeng$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pieu$^3$ liong
* Eastern Min (BUC): piĕu-liông
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàu-liāng
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$phiau-lian$_6$ / $^3$phiau$_5$-lian$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piàoliang
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piàoliång
*** Wade–Giles: pʻiao$^4$-liang$^5$
*** Yale: pyàu-lyang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piaw.liang
*** Palladius: пяолян (pjaoljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piàoliàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piàoliàng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻiao$^4$-liang$^4$
*** Yale: pyàu-lyàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piawlianq
*** Palladius: пяолян (pjaoljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: пёлён (pi͡oli͡on, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɔː⁴⁴ liɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: piu$^3$ loeng$^6$
*** Yale: piu leuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: piu$^3$ loeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: piu$^3$ lêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːu̯³³ lœːŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pieu$^3$ liong
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ liɔŋ¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: piĕu-liông
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰieu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ l̃uɔŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàu-liāng
*** Tâi-lô: piàu-liāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piaoliang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liaŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piau²¹⁻⁵³ liaŋ²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$phiau-lian$_6$
*** MiniDict: phiau$^去$ lian$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$phiau-lian$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɔ³³ liã⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$phiau$_5$-lian$_6$
*** MiniDict: phiau$^去$ lian$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pʰiæ⁵² liã¹¹/

### Adjective

漂亮
* pretty; beautiful; handsome
       Zhè ge dìfāng zhēn piàoliang! [Pinyin]
       What a beautiful place!
       Tā shì ge piàoliang de gūniáng. [Pinyin]
       She's a good-looking girl.
       Tā hěn piàoliang mírén ba? [Pinyin]
       She's pretty foxy, isn't she?
       Nǐ de yǎnjing hěn piàoliang. [Pinyin]
       You have beautiful eyes.
       Tā zhǎng de hěn piàoliang. [Pinyin]
       She is very beautiful. (lit.: "she grew up very beautiful")
* brilliant; splendid
       Nǐ de mùdì dádào le, gàn de zhēn piàoliang! [Pinyin]
       You're reached your goal, and done so well!
       Zài zhè jiàn shì shang, nǐ fùmǔ dí​què gàn de piàoliang. [Pinyin]
       Your parents certainly did a good job of it.

#### Synonyms

* (pretty):
* 俊 (jùn)
* 俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
* 俊秀 (jùnxiù)
* 俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
* 俏麗／俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
* 奇麗／奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
* 好看 (hǎokàn)
* 妖嬌／妖娇 (“iau-kiau”) (Hokkien)
* 妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
* 姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
* 嬌豔／娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
* 嬌逸／娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
* 悅目／悦目 (yuèmù)
* 是樣／是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
* 標緻／标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
* 清秀 (qīngxiù)
* 秀媚 (xiùmèi)
* 秀美 (xiùměi)
* 秀麗／秀丽 (xiùlì)
* 綺麗／绮丽 (qǐlì)
* 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
* 美觀／美观 (měiguān)
* 美麗／美丽 (měilì)
* 耐看 (nàikàn)
* 花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
* 豔麗／艳丽 (yànlì)
* 邊式／边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
* 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)
* 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
* 鮮麗／鲜丽 (xiānlì)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 好看, 漂亮, 俊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 好看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 俊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 好看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 俊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 漂亮, 俊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 好看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 漂亮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚$_2$, 㜺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚$_2$, 好睇, 好樣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 靚$_2$, 好睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Macau | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 靚$_2$, 好樣 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好看, 好樣, 靚$_2$, 整齊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 好看 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好看, 靚$_2$, 靚$_3$, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 俏, 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 排場 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Changting | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Wuping | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Yudu | 標緻, 齊整 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 像, 標緻, 好看 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 靚$_2$, 整, 標緻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬧, 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 靚$_3$ |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 靚$_2$ |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 靚$_3$ |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 好看, 標緻, 漂亮 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣 |
| Jin | Linhe | 美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Jining | 好看, 襲人 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊 |
| Jin | Handan | 美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 好覷, 雅式, 生得好 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 俊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媠, 好看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 媠, 俏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 媠, 㜅 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 媠, 好看 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 媠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 媠, 俏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 媠, 好看, 㜅 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 媠 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 靚$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雅, 好睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雅, 媠, 好睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 雅, 媠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 雅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雅, 媠, 如雅 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 雅, 生好, 好睇 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 媠, 生好 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 媠, 生好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 雅 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 雅 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 清楚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 靚$_4$, 好望 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 靚$_4$, 靚$_2$, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 靚$_4$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 靚$_4$ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 靚$_2$, 好覷 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 㜺, 靚$_2$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 畢㜺 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 出客 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) | 出客 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 靈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 標緻, 樣式, 登樣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 好看, 漂亮, 標緻 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 好看, 漂亮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 好覷, 生好, 骨切 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 好望, 俏, 漂亮 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 漂亮 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 好看, 漂亮 |
* (brilliant):
* 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
* 了不得 (colloquial)
* 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
* 了勿起 (Wu)
* 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
* 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
* 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
* 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
* 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
* 優異／优异 (yōuyì)
* 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
* 優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
* 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 出擢 (Hokkien)
* 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
* 出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
* 出色 (chūsè)
* 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
* 勿得了 (Wu)
* 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
* 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
* 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
* 卓著 (zhuózhù)
* 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
* 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
* 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
* 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
* 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
* 彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
* 惡實／恶实 (o$^5$ shr$^6$) (Xiang, used as a complement)
* 打得 (Hakka)
* 挺 (tǐng)
* 斐然 (fěirán)
* 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
* 標青／标青 (biu$^1$ ceng$^1$) (Cantonese, Teochew)
* 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
* 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
* 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
* 特出 (tèchū)
* 特異／特异 (tèyì)
* 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
* 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
* 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
* 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
* 突出 (tūchū)
* 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
* 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
* 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
* 超凡 (chāofán)
* 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
* 超常 (chāocháng)
* 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
* 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
* 非凡 (fēifán)
* 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
* 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
* 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

#### Derived terms

* 漂亮話／漂亮话 (piàolianghuà)