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mui6
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[n] younger sister Stroke count: 8
Level: 2
Radical: 女 (#38)
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| This character was last edited on 3rd Jul 2008 | |
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妹妹
mui6*4 mui6*2 = younger sister
表妹
biu2 mui6*2; bui2 mui6*1 = 妹2: younger female cousin; 妹1: a girl from mainland China
細妹
sai3 mui6*2 = younger sister粵
姊妹
zi2 mui6; zi2 mui6*2 = sisters
兄弟姊妹
hing1 dai6 zi2 mui6*2 = brothers and sisters
阿妹
aa3 mui6*2; aa3 mui6*1 = younger sister (妹2); an unmarried girl (妹1)粵
喜妹
hei2 mui6*2 = Chimay (brand of beer)
咖啡妹
kaa1 fei1 mui6 = female traffic warden粵
鬼妹
gwai2 mui6*1 = a Caucasian girl粵
靚妹
leng3*1 mui6*1 = little girl (often derog.)粵See all 47 compounds |
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Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 妹
Unicode code for this character: U+59B9 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/656/]妹[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/656/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">妹</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 妹
Unicode code for this character: U+59B9 (off-site link)
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