美誉 (měi yù) — good reputation; good name | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

美誉 is a positive, honorific reputation — praise, a ‘fine name’ people enjoy. Lighter and more laudatory than 声誉 (general reputation); not the business-trust sense of 信誉.

noun

good reputationgood name

Examples

美誉。
Zhè wèi jiào shòu zài xué shù jiè xiǎng yǒu hěn gāo de měi yù.
This professor enjoys a very high reputation in academia.
美誉。
Nà ge zú qiú duì duō nián lái yì zhí bǎo chí zhe bú bài de měi yù.
That football team has maintained an undefeated reputation for many years.
美誉。
Zhè jiā lǎo cān tīng yǐ dì dào de běn dì cài yíng dé le liáng hǎo de měi yù.
This old restaurant has earned a good reputation with its authentic local cuisine.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

誉yùreputation

美 conveys good or fine, and 誉 conveys reputation, giving the sense of a good name.

Characters in this word

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

羊羊yángram or feathers
大大dàperson

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

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 譽; 誉 is its simplified writing.

與言譽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

與

與yǔ譽yù

Same sound today

The traditional form 譽 puts 與 above 言 (say); 言 is the part about saying, and 與 provides the sound. The simplified 誉 is a later shorthand.

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