(mèi mei) - younger sister in Mandarin

mèimei

Traditional: 妹妹

HSK 2

#827 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

younger sister

Word origin

妹妹 (mèimei) 'younger sister' reduplicates 妹, a phono-semantic compound of the 女 (woman) radical plus 未 (wèi) as phonetic. 未 also carries a sense of 'not yet', fitting a younger, junior sibling.

Origin: compound
Root: 妹 (女 woman + 未 wèi phonetic), reduplicated

Stroke order

妹

Examples

。

I have a younger sister.

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My younger sister is five years younger than me.

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My younger sister is in university.

八bā。

My younger sister is eight this year.

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My younger sister likes drawing.

妹妹 (mèi mei) means younger sister. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 17.