由 Wayne » 週六 8月 09, 2014 1:56 pm
That dress makes you look very feminine. {Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary}
It's translated into 那件衣服你穿起來很有麗人風韻。 Here "feminine" is defined as "having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of women; connected with women. (指氣質或外貿)女性特有的 Therefore, I think it's safe to say it is typically considered a positive comment. However, in another example, the subject is a man: He had a delicate, almost feminite features. The translation goes into 他眉清目秀,跟女性差不多。Without context, I think the comment is neutral or complimentary. To make things complicated, "womanly" is another word to describe "behaving, dressing, etc., in a way that people think is typical of or suitable for a woman; it is an approving word. Note that the word "feminine" refers to qualities or appearance, not behavior. By the way, two words to describe a male acting or behaving like a woman are "sissy" and "womanish".
As for "有女人味的", it means more than "feminine". When we say a woman is "有女人味的", it means the woman is physically mature, grown-up, well-behaved, and sophisticated, although everyone may has his own definition. Is there one single Englsih word to connote all these qualities? I doubt it, since, as mentioned above, "有女人味的" has various definitions.
Her clothes are always very feminine. {Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary}
A definition of "feminine" is "acting, or having qualities which are traditionally considered to for a woman.
The dictionary also has an example using a man as the subject: With his long dark eyelashes, he almost looked feminine. {Personally, I think this is a poor example: Do all women have long dark eyelashes?} {Cambridge Dictionaries Online}
Another definition is "having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of or suitable for a woman".
To conclude, "feminine" can be applied to a person, be it a he or she, who has "qualities which are traditionally considered to for a woman". On the other hand, "masculine" should have similar usage to "feminine".
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