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莓

méi

Character

What 莓 means

1. bound formberry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)

Example sentences

• 草莓在哪里？
  Where are the strawberries?
• 你喜欢草莓吗？
  Do you like strawberries?
• 我吃了你的草莓。
  Wǒ chī le nǐ de cǎoméi.
  I ate your strawberries.
• 您有新鲜草莓吗？
  Do you have fresh strawberries?
• 他买了一盒草莓。
  He bought a box of strawberries.
• 我喜欢蓝莓蛋糕！
  I like blueberry cake!

Words starting with 莓

• 莓子méi ziberry
• 莓果méi guǒberry; small edible berry fruit

Words containing 莓

• 草莓cǎo méistrawberry; (Taiwan) hickey; love bite
• 山莓shān méiraspberry
• 木莓mù méiraspberry
• 树莓shù méibramble; raspberry
• 蓝莓lán méiblueberry
• 蛇莓shé méiIndian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
• 鹅莓é méigooseberry
• 黑莓hēi méiblackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
• 小红莓xiǎo hóng méicranberry
• 树莓派Shù méi PàiRaspberry Pi (computing)
• 波森莓bō sēn méiboysenberry (hybrid of raspberry and blackberry)
• 草莓族cǎo méi zúpampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
• 蔓越莓màn yuè méicranberry
• 野樱莓yě yīng méichokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

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.

• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 脢méimeat on the back of an animal

Characters that look like 莓

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

• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 婆pó(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 菩púused in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

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…
• 梅plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 玫(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 酶enzyme; ferment
• 湄(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 楣lintel; crossbeam
• 糜millet