<p>The differences between 好看, 美丽 and 漂亮 just like that differences between <strong>good-looking</strong>, <strong>beautiful</strong>, <strong>pretty</strong>, it's so hard to distinguish... well, just a joke. The three words can be used for a good-looking person. 好看 may be used for not only a person, but also a book: 书很好看, a movie: 电影很好看, or other artistic works. If it's used for praising someone's looking, the degree is lower than 美丽 and 漂亮. Both 美丽 and 漂亮 are synonymical in almost all cases: 美丽的新娘 and 漂亮的新娘 are almost the same. 美丽 can also be used for landscape: 美丽的风景, some place: 美丽的上海, 美丽的家乡, etc. 漂亮 is generally used for persons only, also used as an adverb rarely, for example: <strong>well done</strong> means 干得好, you may say 干得漂亮 as well.</p>

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<p>All these words are used to describe beauty but which one is used for human, and which is used for things?</p>

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I often heard Chinese describing place as 漂亮 too.
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Difference between 好看、美丽 and 漂亮
# Difference between 好看、美丽 and 漂亮

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-28)

All these words are used to describe beauty but which one is used for human, and which is used for things?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I often heard Chinese describing place as 漂亮 too.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-10-28. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

The differences between 好看, 美丽 and 漂亮 just like that differences between **good-looking**, **beautiful**, **pretty**, it's so hard to distinguish... well, just a joke. The three words can be used for a good-looking person. 好看 may be used for not only a person, but also a book: 书很好看, a movie: 电影很好看, or other artistic works. If it's used for praising someone's looking, the degree is lower than 美丽 and 漂亮. Both 美丽 and 漂亮 are synonymical in almost all cases: 美丽的新娘 and 漂亮的新娘 are almost the same. 美丽 can also be used for landscape: 美丽的风景, some place: 美丽的上海, 美丽的家乡, etc. 漂亮 is generally used for persons only, also used as an adverb rarely, for example: **well done** means 干得好, you may say 干得漂亮 as well.


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