丽人

麗人
lìrén
noun #31,202

Meanings

  1. 1 a beautiful woman; a beauty

Examples

Sānyuè sān rì tiānqì xīn, Cháng'ān shuǐbiān duō lìrén.
On the third day of the third month the weather was fresh. By the waters of Chang'an, many beauties strolled.
Zázhì de fēngmiàn shì dānghóng de diànyǐng lìrén.
The magazine cover features the trending screen beauty.

Tips

register
Literary and elevated register. You'd use 美女 (měinǚ) or 美人 (měirén) in everyday speech; 丽人 belongs to poetry, magazine titles, beauty-product copy, and historical drama. Famous classical anchor: Du Fu's poem 《丽人行》 (The Ballad of Beautiful Women) describing Yang Guifei and her sisters strolling by the Qujiang river in Tang Chang'an. The line above is its opening couplet.

Stroke Order

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