靚

See also: 靓, 靜, and 𡃁

靚 U+975A, 靚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975A ← 静 [U+9759] CJK Unified Ideographs 靛 → [U+975B]

Translingual

Han character

靚 (Kangxi radical 174, 靑+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手月月山山 (QBBUU), four-corner 5621₀, composition ⿰青見 or ⿰靑見)

Derived characters

• 儬, 𩇟, 𡃁, 㵾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1381, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42575
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4048, character 2
• Unihan data for U+975A

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zleŋs) : phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ) + semantic 見.

Etymology 1

trad.		靚
simp.		靓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): jiang¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): cêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Yale: jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jin
    • MiniDict: jin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjengH

Rime
Character	靚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾政切
Baxter	dzjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11345
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	淨
Old Chinese	/*zleŋs/
Notes	妝，另朝會義通作請

Definitions

靚

1. ^† to call in a subordinate; to invite
2. ^† to dress up; to get dressed up
3. ^† gentle and refined; fair and quiet
4. ^† bright
5. ^† beautiful; gorgeous; magnificent
6. ^† Alternative term for 靜／静 (jìng, “calm; quiet”).
7. ^† Alternative term for 靖 (jìng, “to reflect on”).

Compounds

• 嚴靚／严靓
• 新靚／新靓
• 豐容靚飾／丰容靓饰
• 靚女／靓女
• 靚妝／靓妆 (jìngzhuāng)
• 靚衣／靓衣

 

Etymology 2

trad.		靚
simp.		靓

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 令 or 亮?”) Also compare Zhuang lengj.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàng (liang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leng³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liang¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liang⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): liâng
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴
    • Yale: lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leng³
    • Yale: leng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: liang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liaŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lian
    • MiniDict: lian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/

Definitions

靚

1. (regional, including Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) pretty; beautiful

   靚仔／靓仔 [Cantonese]  ―  leng³ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  handsome man

   靚衫／靓衫 [Cantonese]  ―  leng³ saam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  pretty clothes

   靚相／靓相 [Cantonese]  ―  leng³ soeng^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  nice pictures

   你都唔係出街，使乜著咁靚呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你都唔系出街，使乜著咁靓呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ dou¹ m⁴ hai⁶ ceot¹ gaai¹, sai² mat¹ zoek³ gam³ leng³ aa³? [Jyutping]

   You're not going out or anything; what do you need to dress so well for?

   呢個女仔都幾靚呀吓。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢个女仔都几靓呀吓。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei¹ go³ neoi⁵ zai² dou¹ gei² leng³ aa³ haa². [Jyutping]

   She's quite pretty, huh?

2. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua) good; fine

   今晚煲湯夠嗮靚！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   今晚煲汤够嗮靓！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ maan⁵ bou¹ tong¹ gau³ saai³ leng³! [Jyutping]

   Tonight's soup is great!

   件衫啲質地都幾靚喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   件衫啲质地都几靓㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gin⁶ saam¹ di¹ zat¹ dei^6-2 dou¹ gei² leng³ wo³. [Jyutping]

   The material of this shirt is pretty good.

3. (dialectal Cantonese) orderly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚2, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚2, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	靚2
	Macau	靚2
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚2
	Foshan	靚2
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚2
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚2
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚2
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚2
	Taishan	靚2
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚2
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚2
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚2
	Dongguan	靚2, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚2
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚2
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚2
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚2
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	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
	Xingning	靚2
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚2
	Huiyang	靚2
	Huidong (Daling)	靚2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚2
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚2
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚3
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚2
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚3
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚2
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚2
	Jiexi	靚2
	Changting	靚3
	Wuping	靚3
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚3
	Liancheng	靚3
	Ninghua	靚3
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚3
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚2, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚3
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚3
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚3
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚3
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚3
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚3
	Hong Kong	靚2
	Luchuan	靚2
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚2
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚3
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	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
	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚2
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚4, 好望
	Haikou	靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚4
	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
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮

• (pretty):

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• 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)
• 漂亮
• 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)

 

Compounds

• 又平又靚／又平又靓
• 平夾靚／平夹靓
• 平靚正／平靓正
• 愛靚／爱靓
• 扮靚／扮靓 (bànliàng)
• 扮靚靚／扮靓靓
• 蠟蠟靚／蜡蜡靓
• 行得靚／行得靓
• 要靚唔要命／要靓唔要命
• 貪靚／贪靓
• 阿二靚湯／阿二靓汤
• 青靚／青靓
• 青靚白淨／青靓白净
• 靚仔／靓仔 (liàngzǎi)
• 靚到暈／靓到晕
• 靚到沊一聲／靓到沊一声
• 靚到爆燈／靓到爆灯
• 靚到痺／靓到痹
• 靚嘢／靓嘢
• 靚女／靓女
• 靚妹／靓妹
• 靚湯／靓汤
• 靚爆鏡／靓爆镜
• 靚蠟蠟／靓蜡蜡
• 靚衫／靓衫
• 靚靚／靓靓
• 鬥靚／斗靓
• 鬼火咁靚／鬼火咁靓

 

Etymology 3

trad.		靚
simp.		靓
alternative forms		精 倩

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 精?”)

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chiâng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jiang¹

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

靚

1. (Hakka) beautiful; pretty

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚2, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚2, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	靚2
	Macau	靚2
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚2
	Foshan	靚2
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚2
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚2
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚2
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚2
	Taishan	靚2
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚2
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚2
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚2
	Dongguan	靚2, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚2
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚2
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚2
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚2
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	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
	Xingning	靚2
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚2
	Huiyang	靚2
	Huidong (Daling)	靚2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚2
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚2
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚3
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚2
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚3
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚2
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚2
	Jiexi	靚2
	Changting	靚3
	Wuping	靚3
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚3
	Liancheng	靚3
	Ninghua	靚3
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚3
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚2, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚3
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚3
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚3
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚3
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚3
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚3
	Hong Kong	靚2
	Luchuan	靚2
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚2
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚3
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	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
	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚2
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚4, 好望
	Haikou	靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚4
	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
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮

Etymology 4

trad.		靚
simp.		靓
alternative forms		像 倩

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 像?”)

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Definitions

靚

1. (Hainanese) beautiful; pretty

   • 田園城市靚得跟畫一樣 [Hainanese, trad.]
     田园城市靓得跟画一样 [Hainanese, simp.]

     From: 金岛乐团, 卢海清 (lyricist), 琼海溜

     The paddy fields and the city are as beautiful as a painting

2. (Hainanese) good; fine

   • 咋雞咋雞督雞督雞　督督督督督靚靚隻雞 [Hainanese, trad.]
     咋鸡咋鸡督鸡督鸡　督督督督督靓靓只鸡 [Hainanese, simp.]

     From: 麦英, 海南鸡饭

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚2, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚2, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	靚2
	Macau	靚2
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚2
	Foshan	靚2
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚2
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚2
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚2
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚2
	Taishan	靚2
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚2
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚2
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚2
	Dongguan	靚2, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚2
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚2
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚2
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚2
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	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
	Xingning	靚2
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚2
	Huiyang	靚2
	Huidong (Daling)	靚2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚2
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚2
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚3
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚2
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚3
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚2
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚2
	Jiexi	靚2
	Changting	靚3
	Wuping	靚3
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚3
	Liancheng	靚3
	Ninghua	靚3
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚3
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚2, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚3
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚3
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚3
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚3
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚3
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚3
	Hong Kong	靚2
	Luchuan	靚2
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚2
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚3
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	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
	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚2
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚4, 好望
	Haikou	靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚4
	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
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 靚 – see 𡃁 (“(Cantonese) little girl or boy”). (This character is a variant form of 𡃁).

Japanese

Kanji

靚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. make up face
2. ornament
3. quiet

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)

Korean

Hanja

靚 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

1. make up face
2. ornament
3. quiet