靚 (jìng) - Beautiful, pretty, handsome & also used in Cantonese to mean 'good-looking' or

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靚 · jìng

Beautiful, pretty, handsome;

also used in Cantonese to mean 'good-looking' or 'nice'.

Beautiful, pretty, handsomealso used in Cantonese to mean 'good-looking' or

Usage highlights

Beautiful womanHandsome manBeautiful sceneryNice carGood figureBeautiful clothes

Synonyms

  • 美— beautiful
  • 麗— beautiful, pretty
  • 俊— handsome

Antonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • She is a very beautiful woman (靚女).
  • This is a handsome man (靚仔).
  • The scenery here is extremely beautiful (靚景).
  • That's a nice car (靚車).

Collocations

  • Beautiful woman(靚女)
  • Handsome man(靚仔)
  • Beautiful scenery(靚景)
  • Nice car(靚車)
  • Good figure(靚身材)
  • Beautiful clothes(靚衫)

Idioms

  • Dressed to kill(打扮得靚靚)
  • Looking fresh and beautiful(靚爆鏡)
  • All dressed up(扮靚)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Extremely common in Cantonese dialects and Southern Chinese languages to describe attractiveness.
  • Widely used in Hong Kong and Guangdong province in everyday speech.
  • Has become more widespread in Mandarin through cultural exchange and media.

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