俊美 (jùn měi) — handsome, good-looking, pretty

Definition

adjective
handsomegood-lookingpretty

Examples

  • 俊美。
    Tā shì yí wèi jùn měi de qīng nián.
    He is a handsome young man.
  • 俊美。
    Tā de miàn róng shí fēn jùn měi.
    Her facial features are very beautiful.
  • 俊美。
    Zhè wèi yǎn yuán jùn měi jí le.
    This actor is extremely handsome.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

俊jùnhandsome
美měibeautiful

Both 俊 and 美 mean good-looking, so the word combines two similar senses.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺅Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
夋
夋qūn俊jùn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

俊 pairs 人 (person) with 夋, which gives the sound; the person part shows it relates to a person.

Open 俊 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

Open 美 →

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