妹
younger sister
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,295 U+59B9
How 妹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 未 (phonetic, wèi)
How to remember it
younger sister · Heisig RSH #219
女 woman + 未 not yet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 未
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 未 (wèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未 sound component | wèi | not yet; 8th terrestrial branch |
| 味 | wèi | taste; smell, odor; delicacy |
| 昧 | mèi | dark, hidden, obscure |
Words containing 妹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打工妹 | dǎ gōng mèi | young female worker |
| 表妹夫 | biǎo mèi fu | husband of younger female cousin via female line |
| 伊妹儿 | yī mèi r | (loanword) email |
| 妹子 | mèi zi | (dialect) younger sister; girl |
| 学妹 | xué mèi | junior or younger female schoolmate |
| 小妹 | xiǎo mèi | little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with t… |
| 大陆妹 | dà lù mèi | (in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland; (Tw) Fushan lettuce 福山萵苣|福山莴苣[Fu2 … |
| 老妹 | lǎo mèi | (dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman |
| 阿妹 | ā mèi | younger sister |
| 堂妹夫 | táng mèi fu | husband of younger female cousin via male line |
| 台妹 | Tái mèi | local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人[ben3 sheng3 ren2]) |
| 龙妹 | lóng mèi | ugly girl (slang) (Tw) |
| 正妹 | zhèng mèi | (Tw) beautiful woman; sexy woman |
| 妹夫 | mèi fu | younger sister's husband |
| 太妹 | tài mèi | girl delinquent; tomboy; schoolgirl tough |
| 毛妹 | máo mèi | (slang) young Russian woman |
| 表妹 | biǎo mèi | younger female cousin through a female relative |
| 师妹 | shī mèi | junior female student or apprentice; daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher |
| 恐龙妹 | kǒng lóng mèi | ugly girl (slang) |
| 辣妹子 | là mèi zi | sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangx… |