美圖

Chinese

		beautiful	picture
trad. (美圖)		美	圖
simp. (美图)		美	图

Etymology

From 美圖 (Meitu), a company, and its photo-editing software 美圖秀秀 (MeituPic) popular amongst Chinese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měitú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měitú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měitú
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-tʻu²
  - Yale: měi-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeitwu
  - Palladius: мэйту (mɛjtu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ tou⁴
  - Yale: méih tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ tʰou̯²¹/

Verb

美圖

(image manipulation) to photoshop
- 2017 March 13, “袁咏仪发照不美图，曹颖变脸谢大脚，锥子脸这么好？”, in 新浪网 [sina.cn]‎:
  
  没有经过美图的照片皮肤看起来虽然不是特别白皙 [MSC, simp.]
  沒有經過美圖的照片皮膚看起來雖然不是特別白皙 [MSC, trad.]
  méiyǒu jīngguò měitú de zhàopiàn pífū kàn qǐlái suīrán bùshì tèbié báixī [Pinyin]
  [In this] photo that hasn't been photoshopped, even though the skin does not appear to be particularly white, [...]
- 2018 June 18, “孫燕姿素顏晒糉度佳節：美圖是我好朋友”, in 東網 [on.cc]‎:
  
  不過孫燕姿就自爆美圖先有呢個效果 [Cantonese, trad.]
  不过孙燕姿就自爆美图先有呢个效果 [Cantonese, simp.]
  bat¹ gwo³ syun¹ jin³ zi¹ zau⁶ zi⁶ baau³ mei⁵ tou⁴ sin¹ jau⁵ ni¹ go³ haau⁶ gwo² [Jyutping]
  But Stefanie Sun exposes that it is only through photoshopping that this effect is achieved.
- 2023, “過度關注組”, in Juntos‎, performed by RubberBand:
  
  幾多天仙　經過美圖虛張過 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  几多天仙　经过美图虚张过 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  gei² do¹ tin¹ sin¹, ging¹ gwo³ mei⁵ tou⁴ heoi¹ zoeng¹ gwo³ [Jyutping]
  How often has "beauty" been exaggerated through photoshopping?

Synonyms

P
PS
P圖／P图 (pītú)
修圖／修图 (xiūtú)
執相／执相

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