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妹

mèi

HSK 2 Character

What 妹 means

1. younger sister

Example sentences

• 我没有姊妹。
  I don't have any sisters.
• 我没有姐妹。
  I don't have any sisters.
• 安没有姐妹。
  Ann doesn't have any sisters.
• 安没有妹妹。
  Ann doesn't have a sister.
• 你的妹妹呢？
  Where did your sister just go?
• 你有妹妹吗？
  Have you got a little sister?

Words starting with 妹

• 妹妹mèi meiyounger sister; young woman
• 妹子mèi zi(dialect) younger sister; girl
• 妹夫mèi fuyounger sister's husband
• 妹纸mèi zhǐ(net slang) (pun on 妹子
• 妹妹头mèi mei tóubob (hairstyle)
• 妹婿mèi xùbrother-in-law (younger sister's husband)

Words containing 妹

• 姐妹jiě mèisisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
• 小妹xiǎo mèilittle sister; girl; (Taiwan) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing…
• 姊妹zǐ mèi(older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc)
• 表妹biǎo mèiyounger female cousin through a female relative
• 兄妹xiōng mèibrother(s) and sister(s)
• 师妹shī mèijunior female student or apprentice; daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
• 弟妹dì mèiyounger sibling; younger brother's wife
• 阿妹ā mèiyounger sister
• 张惠妹Zhāng Huì mèiA-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
• 打工妹dǎ gōng mèiyoung female worker
• 堂妹táng mèiyounger female patrilineal cousin
• 台妹Tái mèilocal girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人
• 太妹tài mèigirl delinquent; tomboy; schoolgirl tough
• 学妹xué mèijunior or younger female schoolmate
• 厂妹chǎng mèi(derog.) young woman who works in a factory
• 把妹bǎ mèito pick up a girl; to get a girl
• 正妹zhèng mèi(Taiwan) beautiful woman; sexy woman
• 毛妹máo mèi(slang) young Russian woman
• 继妹jì mèiyounger stepsister
• 老妹lǎo mèi(dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman
• 舍妹shè mèi(humble) my younger sister
• 迷妹mí mèi(slang) fangirl
• 龙妹lóng mèiugly girl (slang) (Tw)
• 伊妹儿yī mèi r(loanword) email

Characters built on 未

These share the phonetic component 未 (wèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 魅mèidemon; magic; to charm
• 昧mèito conceal; dark
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 耒lěiplow

Characters that look like 妹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 姥lǎograndma (maternal)
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish

Sounds the same

Read mèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 魅demon; magic; to charm
• 昧to conceal; dark
• 媚(bound form) to flatter; (bound form) charming
• 寐to sleep soundly
• 袂sleeve of a robe
• 沬dawn; place name
• 眛blind; imperceptive
• 煝be radiant; flaming; drought
• 痗disease caused by anxiety
• 篃a kind of bamboo
• 韎a grass that gives red dye
• 谜see 谜儿