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Theappreciationofbeautyisauniversaltraitandprovidesanengagingtopicofconversation.TheMandarinChinesephrasefor“beautiful”or“pretty”is漂亮(piàoliang),andcanbeusedtodescribepeople,places,orobjects.
Piàoliangconsistsoftwocharacters:漂亮.Thefirstcharacter,漂(piào)means“elegant”or“polished.”Thesecondcharacter,亮(liàng)means“light,”or“bright.”Notethatthesecondcharacterisoftenpronouncedwithaneutraltone.
Theliteraltranslationofpiàoliàng,then,is“elegantandbright.”
Examples:
你的衣服很漂亮?(nǐdeyīfuhěnpiàoliàng)=Yourclothesareverypretty.
台湾的太鲁阁风景很漂亮?(táiwāndetàilǔgéfēngjǐnghěnpiàoliàng)=Taiwan’sTarokoGorgeisabeautifulplace.
Thereareotherwaysofsaying"beautiful"inMandarin,andperhapsoneofthemost