美人鱼

美人魚
měirényú
noun #8,697

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mermaid

Characters

Beautiful + person + fish — a beautiful fish-person.

Examples

Xiǎo nǚhái zuì xǐhuan měirényú de gùshi.
The little girl loves mermaid stories the most.
Tā shuō tā zài hǎi lǐ kàndào le měirényú.
He said he saw a mermaid in the sea.
Zhōu Xīngchí pāi le yī bù jiào «Měirényú» de diànyǐng.
Stephen Chow made a movie called 'The Mermaid.'

Tips

culture
美人鱼 is the standard Chinese translation for 'mermaid.' Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' is called 美人鱼 or 女儿 (Daughter of the Sea) in Chinese.

In Pop Culture

美人鱼 Měirényú
The Mermaid
2016 Stephen Chow film — was the highest-grossing Chinese film at the time

Stroke Order

měi
rén