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梅

méi

Character

What 梅 means

1. plum
2. plum flower
3. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)

Other readings

梅 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Méisurname Mei
• méivariant of {梅|méi}
• méiold variant of {梅|méi}

Example sentences

• 我是梅兰妮。
  I'm Melanie.
• 她喜欢吃杨梅。
  Tā xǐhuan chī yángméi.
  She likes red bayberries.
• 梅纳德能理解。
  Mennad understands.
• 梅格说得太多了。
  Méi gé shuō de tài duō le.
  Meg talks too much.
• 梅格有时惹恼肯。
  Méi gé yǒushí rěnǎo kěn.
  Meg sometimes annoys Ken.
• 露西偶尔拜访梅。
  Lucy sometimes visits May.

Words starting with 梅

• 梅花méi huāplum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); (dialect) wintersweet
• 梅兰芳Méi Lán fāngMei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
• 梅子méi ziplum
• 梅林Méi línMerlin
• 梅雨méi yǔEast Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
• 梅毒méi dúsyphilis
• 梅森Méi sēnMartin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician)
• 梅花鹿méi huā lùsika deer
• 梅斯Méi sīMetz (city in France)
• 梅洛Méi luòMelo (city in Uruguay); Merlot (grape type)
• 梅派Méi pàithe Mei Lanfang School; see 梅兰芳
• 梅红méi hóngpinkish-red (color)
• 梅西Méi xīLionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
• 梅州市Méi zhōu ShìMeizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 梅核气méi hé qì(TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant…
• 梅萨林méi sà línmuslin or mousseline silk fabric
• 梅西耶Méi xī yēCharles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
• 梅里美Méi lǐ měiProsper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which…
• 梅森素数méi sēn sù shùMersenne prime number (math.)
• 梅河口市Méi hé kǒu ShìMeihekou, a county-level city in Tonghua City 通化市
• 梅里斯区Méi lǐ sī qūMeilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齐齐哈尔
• 梅西耶星表Méi xī yē xīng biǎoMessier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
• 梅干菜méi gān càisalt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
• 梅里雪山Méi lǐ Xuě shānMeili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…

Words containing 梅

• 青梅竹马qīng méi zhú mǎlit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games…
• 金瓶梅Jīn píng méiJinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious…
• 杨梅yáng méired bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry
• 话梅huà méiplum candy; preserved plum
• 腊梅là méiwintersweet; Japanese allspice; Chimonanthus praecox
• 黄梅戏Huáng méi xìHuangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
• 西梅xī méiEuropean plum (Prunus domestica), esp. prune plum; prune; dried prune
• 不来梅Bù lái méiBremen (city in Germany)
• 不莱梅Bù lái méiBremen (city in Germany)
• 干梅子gān méi ziprunes
• 得梅因Dé méi yīnDes Moines, capital of Iowa
• 德梅因Dé méi yīn(Hong Kong) Des Moines, capital of Iowa
• 米高梅Mǐ gāo méiMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company)
• 不来梅港Bù lái méi gǎngBremerhaven, German port
• 哈梅内伊Hā méi nèi yīKhamenei, Ayatollah Aly (1939-), Supreme Leader of Iran, aka Ali Khamenei
• 乐华梅兰Lè huá Méi lánLeroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
• 阿尔梅里亚Ā ěr méi lǐ yàAlmería
• 捷尔梅兹Jié ěr méi zīTermez city in southeast Uzbekistan
• 铁尔梅兹Tiě ěr méi zīTermez city in southeast Uzbekistan
• 黄梅季huáng méi jìEast Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
• 陈香梅Chén Xiāng méiChen Xiangmei (1925–2018), also known as Anna Chennault, Chinese-American writer and…
• 酸梅suān méipreserved plum; (esp.) smoked plum; dark plum
• 金瓶梅词话Jīn Píng Méi Cí HuàJinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious…
• 黄梅县Huáng méi XiànHuangmei, a county in Huanggang City 黄冈市

Characters built on 每

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

• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 莓méi(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 脢méimeat on the back of an animal

Characters that look like 梅

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

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles

Sounds the same

Read méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 没(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 媒medium; intermediary; matchmaker
• 煤coal
• 眉eyebrow; upper margin
• 霉mold; mildew; to become moldy
• 枚classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 玫(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 莓(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 酶enzyme; ferment
• 湄(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 楣lintel; crossbeam
• 糜millet