梅 (mui4 | mei2) : plum; prune; surname

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梅

mui4

mei2

[1] plum; prune
[2] a surname

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

梅

This word has been viewed 10309 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Oct 2014 23:31

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陳皮梅 can4 pei4 mui4*2 = preserved prune; chan pei mui plum 粵

梅子 mui4 zi2 = plum (fruit)

梅菜 mui4 coi3 = preserved mustard

楊梅 joeng4 mui4 = candleberry myrtle; strawberry tree

話梅 waa6 mui4*2/4 = dried plum

酸梅 syun1 mui4*2 = sour plum

金瓶梅 gam1 ping4 mui4 jin1 ping2 mei2 = Golden Lotus

梅菜扣肉 mui4 coi3 kau3 juk6 mei2 cai4 kou4 rou4 = Hakka dish of pork stewed with preserved vegetables

望梅止渴 mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3 wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke3 = looking at something you think you already have but actually don't have

酸梅醬 syun1 mui4 zoeng3 suan1 mei2 jiang4 = plum sauce
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 梅
Unicode code for this character: U+6885 (off-site link)

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