妹 (mui6 mui6*2 mui6*1 | mei4) : younger sister

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妹

mui6 mui6*2 mui6*1

mei4

[粵] mui6 mui6*2 [國] mei4
[1] younger sister
[2] address to a woman who is younger to the speaker and of the same generation

[粵] mui6*1 [國] mei4
address to a young woman or girl

Jyutping mui6 is literary pronunciation; mui6*2 is colloquial.

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

妹

This word has been viewed 18526 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Jan 2011 01:15

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妹妹 mui6*4 mui6*2 mei4 mei5 = younger sister

姊妹 zi2 mui6; zi2 mui6*2 zi3 mei4 = sisters; bridesmaids

姐妹 ze2 mui6*2 jie3 mei4 = sisters

表妹 biu2 mui6*2; bui2 mui6*1 biao3 mei4 = 妹2: younger female cousin; 妹1: a girl from mainland China

細妹 sai3 mui6*2 = younger sister 粵

阿妹 aa3 mui6*2; aa3 mui6*1 a1 mei4 = younger sister; an unmarried girl

辣妹 laat6 mui6*1 la4 mei4 = a hot looking attractive female; [粵] 索女, 好嗦 , 好索國

兄弟姐妹 hing1 dai6 ze2 mui6 xiong1 di4 jie3 mei4 = variant of 兄弟姊妹

咖啡妹 kaa3 fe1 mui6*1 ka1 fei1 mei4 = female traffic warden 粵

鬼妹 gwai2 mui6*1 = a Caucasian girl 粵
See all 63 compounds (CantoDict reports 65 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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妹妹，你真係好叻啊！粵
You're really smart, little sis!
[Lit. Younger sister, you really very clever!]

妹妹成日喺度跳跳貢粵
She's always running around madly.
[Lit. little sister all-day at-here running-around]

阿妹的歌首首都膾炙人口國
A-mei's songs are all widely known.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 妹
Unicode code for this character: U+59b9 (off-site link)

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