The Chinese word for hairdresser is
美发师
měi fā shī
Chinese Definition
| hairdresser | |
| 1. 美发师 | |
| Components | |
| 美 | |
| 1. beautiful; pretty; attractive; good-looking | |
| 美人 - beautiful woman | |
| ^香港 的 夜景 真 美 啊！ - Hong Kong's nightscape is so beautiful! | |
| 2. delicious; tasty; flavoursome | |
| 美食 - culinary delicacy | |
| 3. good; fine; satisfactory; happy | |
| 美酒 - good wine | |
| 價廉物美 - to be attractive in price and quality | |
| 4. to beautify; to prettify | |
| 美容 - to improve one's appearance | |
| 5. to praise; to commend | |
| 6. (colloquial) to be pleased with oneself | |
| 他 不 就 是shi 得 了 個 一.百 分兒r 嗎？看 把 他 美 得de！ - Didn't he just get a one hundred percent? Look at how pleased it made him! | |
| 7. beautiful things; beauty | |
| 藝術 美 - artistic beauty | |
| 曲線 美 - | |
| 8. Short for 美洲, America (continent) | |
| ^南美 - South America | |
| 9. Short for 美國, United States of America | |
| ^美 籍 ^華人 - Chinese American | |
| 10. . Mei | |
| 发 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 發 | |
| 2. Simplified form of 髮 | |
| 师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 師 |
Translations for 师 and their definitions
| 美髮師 | |
| 1. n. hairdresser, beautician (professional for haircutting or hairstyling) |
| 美发师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 美髮師 |
| 理髮員 | |
| 1. n. hairdresser, barber (professional for haircutting or hairstyling) |
| 理发员 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 理髮員 |
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měi fā shī
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