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[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. |
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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 = Golden Lotus
梅菜扣肉
mui4 coi3 kau3 juk6 = Hakka dish of pork stewed with preserved vegetables
望梅止渴
mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3 = looking at something you think you already have but actually don't have
酸梅醬
syun1 mui4 zoeng3 = plum sauce
西梅汁
sai1 mui4 zap1 = prune juice
西梅
sai1 mui4*2 = prune 粵
梅毒
mui4 duk6 = syphilis
梅花
mui4 faa1 = [粵] clubs (suit in cards); a plum blossom
梅艷芳
mui4 jim6 fong1 = Anita Mui
不萊梅
bat1 loi4 mui4 = Bremen
黃梅
wong4 mui4 = Huangmei (place in Hubei)
梅河口
mui4 ho4 hau2 = Meihekou (city in Jilin)
梅山鄉
mui4 saan1 hoeng1 = Meishan (village in Taiwan)
梅州
mui4 zau1 = Meizhou (city in Guangdong)
美高梅公司
mei5 gou1 mui4 gung1 si1 = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
青梅竹馬
cing1 mui4 zuk1 maa5 = childhood friendship between a boy and a girl
梅斯
mui4 si1 = Mace (similar to pepper spray); Metz (city in France)
梅姐
mui4*1 ze2*1 = Anita Mui nickname
梅酒
mui4 zau2 = Umeshu, a Japanese liqueur
梅窩
mui4 wo1 = Mui Wo (connected by ferry to Central)
楊梅鎮
joeng4 mui4 zan3 = Yangmei (town in Taiwan)
梅蘭芳
mui4 laan4 fong1 = Mei Lanfang (Beijing Opera artist) |
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Legend 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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Unicode code for this character: U+6885 (off-site link)
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