mei5 neoi5美女
Jyutpingmei5 neoi5
Yaleméih néuih
Definition
A beautiful woman; a beauty.
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How it's used
Using this term to address a stranger directly can sound overly flirtatious or even patronizing depending on the context. In service settings, staff might use it to be friendly, but it is safer to stick to neutral terms like 小姐 when speaking to someone you do not know well. It carries a slightly more playful or informal tone compared to the more descriptive 靚女.
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That girl is really a beauty.
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Common phrases
a crowd of beauties
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 靚女, but 靚女 is much more versatile and commonly used in daily life to address women of various ages, whereas 美女 sounds more like a formal label or a specific compliment about physical appearance.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
