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耽美

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耽美

  • dānměi Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄉㄢ ㄇㄟˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • dānměi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄉㄢ ㄇㄟˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • danměi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • tan¹-mei³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • dān-měi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • danmeei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • даньмэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /tän⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

Where it comes from

原是日語為翻譯“aestheticism”而創的新詞（與漢語唯美主義相等），而在1970年代日本BL漫畫，引伸为代指一切美形的男性，以及兩名男性之间的恋爱感情。之後的含義是再借入漢語的，即和製漢語（和製漢語）。

noun

  1. slang, gay slang 男同性戀題材的作品

In English

  • yaoi narrative involving men in a gay relationship
  • boys' love Translations

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {耽美},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%80%BD%E7%BE%8E},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}