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

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/

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	/d͡ziᴇŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋ^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ^H/
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

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

Compounds

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

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

(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，使乜着咁靓呀？ [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?
(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.
(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
Jiaoliao Mandarin	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
Huizhou	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
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看, 㜅
	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

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

(Hailu, HRS): ziang^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiang¹

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziang^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡siaŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

靚

(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
Jiaoliao Mandarin	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
Huizhou	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
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看, 㜅
	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?”)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

靚

(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
(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
Jiaoliao Mandarin	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
Huizhou	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
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看, 㜅
	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)

make up face
ornament
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)

make up face
ornament
quiet