媚

媚	U+5A9A, 媚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9A

← 媙
[U+5A99]

CJK Unified Ideographs

媛 →
[U+5A9B]

Translingual

Han character

媚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日竹山 (VAHU), four-corner 4746₇, composition ⿰女眉)

Derived characters

䉋, 𬛾

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6513

Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1069, character 15

Unihan data for U+5A9A

Chinese

trad.		媚
simp. ^#		媚
2nd round simp.		𰋻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (眉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
眉	*mril
楣	*mril
嵋	*bril
湄	*mril
鶥	*mril
瑂	*mril
郿	mril, mrils
葿	*mril
媚	*mrils
篃	*mrils
蝞	*mrills
煝	*mrils

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrils) : semantic 女 + phonetic 眉 (OC *mril).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶, mei⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): mê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bī / mī

(Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶, mei⁴
  - Yale: meih, mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶, mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶, méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²²/, /mei̯²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
  - Tâi-lô: bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bi
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī
  - Tâi-lô: mī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi¹¹/

Middle Chinese: mijH

Rime
Character	媚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	明祕切
Baxter	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji^H/
Li Rong	/mji^H/
Wang Li	/mi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mrəjʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrils/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	媚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mrəjʔ-s/
English	love; flatter
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媚
Reading #	1/1
No.	8946
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿
Old Chinese	/*mrils/

Definitions

媚

charming; attractive
to flatter; to fawn on; to curry favor
(literary) to love
- 入門各自媚，誰肯相為言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  入门各自媚，谁肯相为言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Han Dynasty, 飲馬長城窟行
  Rùmén gèzì mèi, shéi kěn xiāng wèi yán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拍馬屁 (“to brownnose; to suck up to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		媚, 諂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拍馬, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好, 諂媚, 恭維, 巴結, 趨奉, 趨附, 諂諛, 阿諛, 逢迎, 抱大腿, 阿諂, 巴劫, 獻殷勤, 捧臭腳, 取悅
Mandarin	Beijing	拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜, 捧臭腳, 捧參兒, 呵
	Taiwan	拍馬屁, 拍馬, 抱大腿
	Tianjin	拍, 溜乎, 溜溝子, 溜溝子舔眼子
	Langfang	奉承, 巴結
	Tangshan	捧, 巴結
	Cangzhou	奉承, 巴結
	Baoding	奉承, 巴結
	Shijiazhuang	奉承, 巴結
	Daming	奉承, 巴結
	Harbin	拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 溜腚溝兒, 溜鬚, 溜鬚拍馬, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜鬚舔腚, 溜, 舔腚, 捧臭腳, 捧勝, 巴結, 巴嘰
	Changchun	溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝
	Tonghua	溜鬚
	Dalian	溜光, 溜恭
	Yantai (Muping)	溜溝子, 舔摸, 舔腚溜溝子, 巴結
	Qingdao	拍馬屁, 舔麼
	Jinan	舔腚, 溜鬚, 巴結, 巴結奉迎, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好
	Luoyang	拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜屁股溝, 溜鬚拍馬, 巴結, 奉承
	Wanrong	舔溝子, 巴結
	Shangqiu	溜
	Zhengzhou	溜, 溜腚溝兒
	Xi'an	溜溝子, 騷輕, 巴結, 腮補西 Hui
	Baoji	溜溝子
	Yinchuan	溜溝子, 舔溝子, 巴結
	Lanzhou	溜溝子, 舔溝子, 溜溝順情, 抱大腿, 巴結
	Xining	舔溝油, 抱大腿, 抱粗腿, 巴結
	Ürümqi	溜溝子, 溜, 巴結
	Wuhan	拍, 拍麻皮, 呵熱屁, 呵卵捧㞗, 呵, 拎草鞋, 提草鞋, 巴結, 巴, 奉承
	Chengdu	舔肥, 舔溝子, 舔肥溝子, 舔屁股, 𫾈肥, 𫾈, 抱大腳桿, 浮上水, 巴結, 巴, 溜溝子
	Guiyang	拍馬屁, 舔肥屁股, 舔肥, 巴結
	Kunming	捧脬, 舔屁股, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 搊捧
	Guilin	巴結
	Liuzhou	拍馬屁, 捧大腳, 捧卵脬, 巴結
	Xuzhou	吸喋子, 吸, 偷吸, 舔腚眼子, 舔腚, 巴結
	Yangzhou	拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 呵, 呵捧, 呵大卵子, 舔屁眼, 巴結
	Nanjing	拍馬屁, 呵, 呵二屁, 抬轎子, 抱粗腿, 巴結
	Hefei	拍馬屁, 呵
	Nantong	拍馬屁, 托卵脬, 托馬屁, 巴結
	Singapore	拍馬屁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	托大腳, 托, 擦鞋, 𦧺屎窟
	Hong Kong	托大腳, 擦鞋, 拍馬屁, 𦧺屎眼, 𦧺屎窟
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	騎大腳
	Macau	擦鞋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	托大腳
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	托大腳
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	托大腳
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	托大腳
	Foshan	托大腳
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	托大腳
	Foshan (Shunde)	托大腳
	Foshan (Sanshui)	托大腳
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	托大腳
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	托大腳
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	托大腳
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	托大腳
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	托大腳
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	托大腳
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	托大腳
	Taishan	托大腳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	托大腳, 捧臀
	Enping (Niujiang)	捧臀, 托大腳
	Heshan (Yayao)	托大腳
	Dongguan	托大蹄, 托大腳, 拍馬屁, 擦鞋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	托大腳
	Yangjiang	托大腳
	Nanning	拍馬屁, 拍, 捧大腿, 捧脬
	Wuzhou	拍馬屁, 捧大腳
	Yulin	拍馬屁, 捧大腳
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	捧, 托大腳
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	捧大腳
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	捧大腳
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	托大腳, 擦鞋, 罌吉
	Penang (Guangfu)	托大腳, 擦鞋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	托大腳
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	托大腳
	Móng Cái	捧大腳
Gan	Nanchang	拍馬屁, 托卵袋子, 巴結
	Lichuan	拍馬屁, 巴結
	Pingxiang	拍馬屁, 搊卵坨子, 巴結
Hakka	Meixian	捧大腳, 托大腳, 巴結
	Xingning	背大腳
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	托大腳
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	托大腳
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	托大腳
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	托大腳
	Conghua (Lütian)	巴結
	Yudu	托卵坨, 巴結
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	托核, 托核卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扶核卵, 托核卵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	托核, 托核卵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	托核, 托核卵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	托核, 托核卵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扶核卵
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	巴結
Huizhou	Jixi	拍馬屁, 捧攏, 捧, 呵卵脬, 呼卵脬, 巴結
Jin	Taiyuan	舔屁眼, 溜溝子, 溜舔, 溜溝子舔屁眼, 拍馬屁, 抱粗腿, 巴舔
	Datong	溜舔
	Xinzhou	溜達, 溜, 走上水, 溜舔, 溜溝子, 爬溝子, 溜溝涮棒, 舔屁眼, 舔屁窟, 舔㞘子, 舔涮, 涮攪, 涮棒子, 涮壜子, 涮淘, 喝泔水, 扶上水, 扶下頦
	Lishi	溜溝子
	Linfen	溜溝子
	Linhe	溜溝子
	Hohhot	溜溝子
	Zhangjiakou	奉承, 巴結
	Handan	奉承, 巴結
Northern Min	Jian'ou	捧㞠脬, 攬褲跤, 頌花鞋, 巴結
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	托𡳞脬, 捧, 拍馬屁, 巴結
Southern Min	Xiamen	扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶零星, 三跤, 㾪扶
	Quanzhou	扶, 扶𡳞脬, 㾪扶
	Zhangzhou	扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤, 三跤馬, 三跤撐
	Taipei	扶𡳞脬, 扶挺
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	扶𡳞脬
	Kaohsiung	扶𡳞脬, 扶挺
	Yilan	扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶
	Changhua (Lukang)	扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶
	Taichung	扶𡳞脬, 扶尻川, 扶𡳞
	Tainan	扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶𡳞
	Taitung	扶𡳞脬
	Hsinchu	扶𡳞脬
	Kinmen	扶𡳞脬
	Penghu (Magong)	扶𡳞脬
	Penang (Hokkien)	扶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤
	Manila (Hokkien)	扶, 扶𡳞脬
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	巴結
	Chaozhou	扶𡳞脬, 扶
	Raoping	扶𡳞脬
	Shantou	扛轎跤, 扶𡳞脬
	Jieyang	扶𡳞脬, 扶
	Singapore (Teochew)	扶, 扶𡳞脬
	Leizhou	托跤腿
	Singapore (Hainanese)	扶, 扶大腿
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	抱大跤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	捧卵脬, 捧脬, 扛大腳, 拍馬屁, 巴結
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	巴結, 奉承
Wu	Shanghai	拍馬屁, 巴結
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拍馬屁
	Suzhou	拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 巴結, 討好, 拍牢
	Wuxi	拍馬屁
	Danyang	拍馬屁, 巴結, 呵捧, 呵卵脬
	Hangzhou	拍馬屁, 巴結
	Ningbo	拍馬屁, 巴結
	Wenzhou	拍馬屁
	Jinhua	拍馬屁, 塔麻油, 捧大腿, 捧腿, 巴結, 討好
Xiang	Changsha	拍馬屁, 摸螺拐, 搊卵脬
	Loudi	捧馬屁, 捧卵胞
	Shuangfeng	捧馬屁, 搊屁股
	Quanzhou	巴結

Compounds

仄媚
側媚／侧媚
千嬌百媚／千娇百媚
取媚
奴顏媚骨／奴颜媚骨 (núyánmèigǔ)
妖媚 (yāomèi)
姿姿媚媚
姿媚
姣媚
妍媚
媚世 (mèishì)
媚力 (mèilì)
媚外 (mèiwài)
媚奧／媚奥
媚如秋月
媚姿姿
媚嫵／媚妩
媚子
媚惑
媚態／媚态 (mèitài)
媚景
媚灶
媚眼 (mèiyǎn)
媚笑雜樣／媚笑杂样
媚行
媚諂／媚谄
媚諛／媚谀
媚道
媚骨 (mèigǔ)
嬌媚／娇媚 (jiāomèi)
嫵媚／妩媚 (wǔmèi)
崇洋媚外 (chóngyángmèiwài)
承歡獻媚／承欢献媚 (chénghuān xiànmèi)
抹媚
斂怨求媚／敛怨求媚
明媚 (míngmèi)
明媚閑雅／明媚闲雅
春光明媚 (chūnguāngmíngmèi)
映媚
曲媚取容
木媚
柔媚 (róumèi)
柳媚花明
武媚
求容取媚
煙視媚行／烟视媚行
爭妍獻媚／争妍献媚
狐媚 (húmèi)
狐媚子
狐媚猿攀
狐媚魔道
狐媚魘道／狐媚魇道
獻媚／献媚 (xiànmèi)
甜言媚語／甜言媚语
百媚千嬌／百媚千娇
秀媚 (xiùmèi)
綺媚／绮媚
良辰媚景
花明柳媚
薄媚
蠱媚／蛊媚
諂媚／谄媚 (chǎnmèi)
諛媚／谀媚
阿媚
風光明媚／风光明媚

References

“媚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

媚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: み (mi)
Kan-on: び (bi)
Kun: こぶ (kobu, 媚ぶ); こび (kobi); こびる (kobiru, 媚びる); こばむ (kobamu, 媚ばむ)

Compounds

媚薬(びやく) (biyaku): aphrodisiac

Korean

Hanja

媚 (eum 미 (mi))

Vietnamese

Han character

媚: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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