碧玉

bìyù
jasper

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) beautiful young girl
  2. (literal) jasper (precious stone)
  3. beautiful young girl
  4. jasper (precious stone)

Wiktionary

  1. 含鐵的石英石。有紅、黃、暗綠、灰藍等色。質地細密，不透明，可作飾品。
  2. 年輕貌美的婢妾或平常人家的女兒。參見「小家碧玉」條。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 碧 bì
  1. green jade
  2. bluish green
  3. blue
  4. jade
2 玉 yù jade

Containing this entry

小家碧玉 xiǎojiābìyù pretty daughter in a humble family

Related entries

瓊 qióng
  1. jasper
  2. fine jade
  3. beautiful
  4. exquisite (e.g. wine, food)
  5. abbr. for Hainan province
瓊昨天去法國了。

John left for France yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba