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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 美容

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
美容 měi róng - to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery)
- to make oneself more attractive
- to beautify

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 8,539 4,219 2,453

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
měi- (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])
- (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
měi- beautiful
- very satisfactory; good
- to beautify
- to be pleased with oneself
róng- surname Rong
róng- to hold
- to contain
- to allow
- to tolerate
- appearance
- look
- countenance

Other Words Containing 美容

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
美容 - 6 8,539 4,219 2,453
美容院 - - 18,010 18,349 17,267
美容师 - - 24,588 34,303 34,192