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妹
mèi
1. younger sister
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

妹
mèi
younger sister
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

兄妹
xiōngmèi
brother(s) and sister(s)
台妹
Táimèi
local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren [[本省人<běnshěngrén>]])
堂妹
tángmèi
younger female patrilineal cousin
太妹
tàimèi
girl delinquent
妹夫
mèifu
younger sister's husband
妹妹
mèimei
younger sister
HSK 2
妹子
mèizi
(dialect) younger sister
妹纸
mèizhǐ
(Internet slang) (pun on [[妹子<mèizi>]])
姊妹
zǐmèi
(older and younger) sisters
姐妹
jiěmèi
sisters
姨妹
yímèi
wife's younger sister
学妹
xuémèi
junior or younger female schoolmate
小妹
xiǎomèi
little sister
师妹
shīmèi
junior female student or apprentice
幼妹
yòumèi
younger sister
弟妹
dìmèi
younger sibling
把妹
bǎmèi
to pick up a girl
正妹
zhèngmèi
beautiful woman
表妹
biǎomèi
younger female cousin via female line
辣妹
Làmèi
Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,184
Word Frequency Rank
2,455 of 84,292

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