Beautiful in Chinese (Mandarin): 漂亮 (piàoliang)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 漂亮

• 漂

  To float; here part of the word. 氵 (water) is on the left.

  14 strokes

• 亮

  Bright.

  9 strokes

Say 亮 short and light: piào-liang. 漂亮 is for things and people that look lovely.

More examples with 漂亮

• 你的裙子真漂亮。

  Nǐ de qúnzi zhēn piàoliang.

  Your dress is really pretty.

• 这只蝴蝶很漂亮。

  這隻蝴蝶很漂亮。

  Zhè zhī húdié hěn piàoliang.

  This butterfly is beautiful.

How to write 漂亮 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.