美颜

美顏

měiyán

verb

Meanings

1 to beautify a face (with filters / cosmetics)
2 beauty filter (as a feature in camera apps)

Characters

beautiful / to beautify

face / countenance

Examples

她发自拍前都要美颜一下。

Tā fā zìpāi qián dōu yào měiyán yīxià.

She always runs a beauty filter before posting selfies.

这款手机的美颜功能很自然。

Zhè kuǎn shǒujī de měiyán gōngnéng hěn zìrán.

This phone's beauty filter looks very natural.

关掉美颜，她其实长这样。

Guāndiào měiyán, tā qíshí zhǎng zhèyàng.

With the beauty filter off, this is what she actually looks like.

Tips

culture

美颜 is standard across Chinese phones, live-stream apps and video calls — 美颜相机 (BeautyCam) and Meitu popularized it. Complaints about 过度美颜 (over-filtering) are a running joke in 直播 culture.

Stroke Order

美 měi

颜 yán