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Chinese symbol for “mellow”

醇美
chún měi
mellow; rich; superb

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mellow is 醇美 (chún měi), defined as: mellow; rich; superb.

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Characters and stroke order

醇 chún
rich, pure, as good as wine
radical 164 ⾣ · 15 strokes
美 měi
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
radical 123 ⽺ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mellow”

WordPinyinMeaning
婉转 (婉轉)wǎn zhuǎn(voice, music) suave; mellow

Related words

Other words that share a character with 醇美.

WordPinyinMeaning
乙醇yǐ chúnethanol; ethyl alcohol
胆固醇 (膽固醇)dǎn gù chúncholesterol
甲醇jiǎ chúnmethyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH
类固醇 (類固醇)lèi gù chúnsteroid
固醇gù chúnsterol (chemistry)
醇厚chún hòumellow and rich; simple and kind
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
美丽 (美麗)měi lìbeautiful

See also: Japanese symbol for “mellow”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.