漂亮(piào liang) - pretty, beautiful, good-looking in Mandarin

漂亮 (piào liang) is a two-character word for 'pretty' or 'good-looking'. 漂 (piào), water radical 氵 with 票 as phonetic, carries a sense of being bright or bleached, and 亮 (liàng) means 'bright' or 'shining', so the pair evokes a bright, attractive appearance.

Origin

compound

Root

漂 (piào, 氵water + 票 phonetic) + 亮 (liàng, bright)