漂亮

Character by character

• 漂piào14 strokesHSK 1float, drift; tossed about
• 亮liàng9 strokesHSK 1bright, brilliant, radiant, light

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 两个都不漂亮。

  Liǎng gè dōu bù piào liang

  Neither of them are pretty.

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• 这儿就很漂亮。

  Zhè r jiù hěn piào liang

  It's really pretty here.

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• 你的头发很漂亮。

  Nǐ de tóu fa hěn piào liang

  Your hair is pretty.

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• 你一天比一天漂亮。

  Nǐ yī tiān bǐ yī tiān piào liang

  You get more and more beautiful every day.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 漂亮. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 亮liàngHSK 2

  bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal

• 月亮yuè liangHSK 2

  the moon

• 亮相liàng xiàngHSK 7

  to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc

• 明亮míng liàngHSK 5

  bright; shining; glittering; to become clear

• 漂piàoHSK 7

  elegant; polished

• 亮点liàng diǎnHSK 7

  highlight; bright spot

• 漂浮piāo fú

  to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial

• 响亮xiǎng liàngHSK 7

  loud and clear; resounding

• 亮丽liàng lìHSK 7

  bright and beautiful

• 洪亮hóng liàngHSK 7

  loud and clear; resonant