妹妹

Chinese

		younger sister	younger sister
trad. (妹妹)		妹	妹
simp. ^#(妹妹)		妹	妹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mèimei, měiméi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄇㄟ, ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄟˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mei⁴ mei^4-1

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мыймый (mɨymɨy, III-0)
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui^6-4 mui^6-2 / mui⁶ mui⁶
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): moi⁴ moi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): mei³ mei^3-2
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me-me₆
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): mei^5* mei

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèimei
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄇㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèime̊i
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴-mei⁵
  - Yale: mèi-mei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey.mei
  - Palladius: мэймэй (mɛjmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiméi
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-mei²
  - Yale: měi-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeimei
  - Palladius: мэймэй (mɛjmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mei⁴ mei^4-1
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: meimei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei²¹³ mei²¹³⁻⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мыймый (mɨymɨy, III-0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei⁴⁴ mei⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui^6-4 mui^6-2 / mui⁶ mui⁶
  - Yale: mùih múi / muih muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui^6-4 mui^6-2 / mui⁶ mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui^6-4 mui^6-2 / mui⁶ mui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²⁻²¹ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /muːi̯²² muːi̯²²/

Note:

mui6-4 mui6-2 - vernacular;
mui6 mui6 - literary.

Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: moi⁴ moi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /moɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ moɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mei³ mei^3-2
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei⁴⁵ mei⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶me-me₆
  - MiniDict: me^去 me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me-me₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² me⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: mei^5* mei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹³⁻³¹ mei̯³/

Noun

妹妹

younger sister
媽媽總是向著妹妹。 [MSC, trad.]
妈妈总是向着妹妹。 [MSC, simp.]
Māma zǒngshì xiàngzhe mèimei. [Pinyin]
Mum always favours my younger sister.
(euphemistic) vulva; female genitalia

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妹, 女弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妹妹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	妹妹
	Taiwan	妹妹
	Ulanhot	老妹兒
	Tongliao	老妹兒
	Chifeng	妹妹
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老妹兒
	Harbin	妹妹, 妹子
	Shenyang	妹妹
	Malaysia	妹妹
	Singapore	妹妹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	妹妹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	妹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	妹
	Wanrong	妹子
	Zhengzhou	妹妹
	Xi'an	妹子, 妹妹
	Xining	妹子
	Xuzhou	妹妹
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	妹妹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	妹妹
	Bayanhot	妹妹
	Lanzhou	妹妹
	Ürümqi	妹妹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	妹兒, 妹妹, 妹
	Wuhan	妹妹
	Guiyang	妹
	Kunming	妹子, 妹妹
	Liuzhou	妹子, 妹, 老妹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	妹妹, 妹子
	Yangzhou	妹妹
	Nantong	妹子, 妹妹
	Hefei	妹妹
	Huanggang	妹兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
	Hong Kong	妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿妹
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	妹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿妹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿妹
	Macau	妹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	細妹, 阿妹
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	妹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	妹
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿妹
	Foshan	細妹, 妹
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿妹
	Foshan (Shunde)	妹
	Foshan (Sanshui)	妹
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	妹子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	妹
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	妹
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿妹
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿妹
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿妹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿妹
	Taishan	阿妹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿妹
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿妹
	Heshan (Yayao)	妹
	Dongguan	妹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	妹
	Shaoguan	阿妹
	Yunfu	阿妹
	Yangjiang	小妹
	Xinyi	老妹
	Lianjiang	老妹, 阿妹
	Danzhou	老姑
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿妹
	Singapore (Guangfu)	細妹, 阿妹, 妹
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	細妹
Gan	Nanchang	妹子
	Lichuan	妹
	Pingxiang	老妹, 妹老子
Hakka	Meixian	老妹, 老妹仔
	Xingning	老妹
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老妹
	Huiyang	老妹
	Huidong (Daling)	老妹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老妹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老妹
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老妹
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老妹
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老妹
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老妹
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老妹
	Wuhua (Meilin)	老妹
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老妹
	Wengyuan	老妹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老妹
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	老妹
	Liannan	老妹
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老妹
	Jiexi	老妹
	Luhe	老妹
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿妹
	Changting	老妹
	Wuping	老妹
	Wuping (Yanqian)	老妹子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	老妹
	Liancheng	老妹
	Ninghua	老妹
	Yudu	妹子
	Ningdu	妹
	Ruijin	老妹
	Shicheng	老妹, 妹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老妹
	Tonggu (Sandu)	老妹
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	老妹
	Dayu	妹佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老妹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老妹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老妹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老妹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老妹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿妹
	Hong Kong	老妹
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	老妹
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	老妹
	Xinyi (Sihe)	老妹
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	老妹
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	老妹
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	老妹
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	老妹
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	老妹
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	老妹
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老妹
	Luchuan	老妹
	Sabah (Bao'an)	老妹
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老妹
	Senai (Huiyang)	老妹
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老妹
	Singkawang	阿妹, 老妹
Huizhou	Jixi	妹
	Shexian	妹妹, 女妹
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	令妹兒
	Xiuning	令妹, 令妹兒
	Yixian	奶妹兒
	Qimen	妹吶
	Wuyuan	女妹仂, 女妹, 妹
	Fuliang	小妹, 妹哩
	Dexing	妹子
Jin	Taiyuan	妹妹
	Pingyao	妹妹, 妹子
	Xinzhou	姊妹
	Taibus (Baochang)	妹妹
	Linhe	妹妹
	Jining	妹妹
	Hohhot	妹妹
	Baotou	妹妹
	Dongsheng	妹妹
	Haibowan	妹妹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妹仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	妹仔
	Songxi	妹仔
	Zhenghe	妹
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	妹
	Jianyang	妹仔
	Wuyishan	妹仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	妹仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依妹, 妹
	Fuzhou (Changle)	依妹
	Fuqing	阿妹
	Yongtai	依妹
	Gutian	妹
	Fu'an	妹
	Ningde	妹
	Shouning	姊妹
	Zhouning	阿妹
	Fuding	阿妹
	Matsu	依妹
Southern Min	Xiamen	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Quanzhou	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Zhangzhou	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Zhao'an	細妹子
	Taipei	小妹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	小妹
	Kaohsiung	小妹
	Tainan	小妹
	Kinmen	小妹
	Penghu (Magong)	小妹
	Penang (Hokkien)	小妹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
	Manila (Hokkien)	小妹
	Chaozhou	阿妹
	Shantou	妹
	Jieyang	阿妹
	Haifeng	妹, 妹妹, 阿妹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿妹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿妹
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿妹
	Leizhou	尼妹, 妹
	Wenchang	姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
	Haikou	姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
Puxian Min	Putian	阿妹
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿妹, 小妹
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	妹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妹
Shehua	Fu'an	妹
	Fuding	阿妹
	Luoyuan	妹
	Sanming	妹
	Shunchang	阿妹
	Hua'an	妹
	Guixi (Zhangping)	妹
	Cangnan	妹
	Jingning (Hexi)	妹
	Lishui	妹
	Longyou	妹
	Chaozhou	妹
	Fengshun	妹
Wu	Shanghai	阿妹, 妹妹, 姊妹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姊妹
	Suzhou	妹子, 妹妹
	Wuxi	妹子, 妹妹
	Danyang	妹子
	Hangzhou	阿妹, 妹妹
	Ningbo	阿妹, 妹妹
	Wenzhou	阿妹
	Jinhua	妹, 妹妹
Xiang	Changsha	老妹, 妹妹
	Xiangtan	老妹
	Loudi	妹妹
	Shuangfeng	妹妹
	Hengyang	妹妹

Dialectal synonyms of 陰戶 (“vulva; female genitalia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屄
	Taiwan	妹妹, 鮑魚, 鮑鮑
	Harbin	屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒
	Malaysia	屄
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屄
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屄, 水門
	Wanrong	屄
	Xi'an	屄
	Xining	屄
	Xuzhou	屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屄
	Lanzhou	屄
	Ürümqi	屄
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屄, 胯胯 †
	Wuhan	屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 †
	Guiyang	屄
	Guilin	𫱋
	Liuzhou	屄, 閪, 𫱋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屄, 尿門
	Yangzhou	屄
	Nantong	屄
	Hefei	屄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閪, 西 euphemistic
	Hong Kong	閪, gap, gap gap, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	屄, 閪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	閪
	Macau	閪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	閪
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	閪
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	閪
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	閪
	Foshan	閪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	閪
	Foshan (Shunde)	閪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	閪
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	閪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	閪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	閪
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	閪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	閪, 屄
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	閪
	Taishan	閪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閪
	Enping (Niujiang)	閪
	Heshan (Yayao)	閪
	Dongguan	閪
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	閪
	Qingyuan	閪
	Fogang	閪
	Yingde (Hanguang)	閪
	Yangshan	閪
	Lianshan (Butian)	閪
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	閪
	Shaoguan	閪, 膣屄
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	閪
	Renhua	膣屄
	Lechang	閪
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	閪
	Sihui	屄
	Guangning	閪
	Huaiji	閪
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	閪
	Yunfu	閪
	Xinxing	閪
	Luoding	閪
	Yunan (Pingtai)	閪兒
	Yangjiang	閪
	Xinyi	閪
	Nanning	閪
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	閪
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	閪
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	閪
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	閪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	閪
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	閪
	Móng Cái	閪
Gan	Nanchang	屄
	Lichuan	屄
	Pingxiang	屄
Hakka	Meixian	膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔
	Xingning	膣屄
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	屄, 閪
	Huiyang	膣屄, 膣
	Huidong (Daling)	膣屄
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	膣屄
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	膣屄
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	閪屄
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	膣屄
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	膣, 膣屄
	Wuhua (Changbu)	膣屄
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	膣屄
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	屄
	Wengyuan	膣屄
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	膣
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	膣屄
	Liannan	膣屄
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	膣屄
	Jiexi	膣
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	膣
	Changting	膣
	Wuping	膣嫲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	膣屄
	Wuping (Pingyu)	膣屄
	Liancheng	膣
	Ninghua	膣
	Yudu	屄, 屄坨, 膣
	Ningdu	屄, 膣屄
	Ruijin	屄
	Shicheng	膣, 屄
	Shangyou (Shexi)	膣屄
	Tonggu (Sandu)	屄子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	屄
	Dayu	屄
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膣屄, 螺杯仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	膣屄, 螺杯仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	膣屄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 蟯杯仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 蟯杯
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 螺杯
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	膣屄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	膣屄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膣屄
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	膣屄, 蚶杯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膣屄
	Hong Kong	膣屄
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	閪
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	閪
	Xinyi (Sihe)	閪
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	閪
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	閪
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	閪
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	閪
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	膣屄, 閪
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	膣屄
	Mengshan (Xihe)	閪
	Luchuan	閪
	Sabah (Longchuan)	膣屄
	Senai (Huiyang)	膣屄
	Kuching (Hepo)	膣屄
	Singkawang	膣屄
Huizhou	Jixi	屄
	Shexian	屄
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	屄
Jin	Taiyuan	屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 †
Jin	Xinzhou	屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	屄
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	屄界
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	㞠屄
	Jianyang	屄
	Wuyishan	屄
	Pucheng (Shibei)	屄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 †
	Fuzhou (Changle)	姕髀
	Fuqing	姕髀, 姕
	Yongtai	屄屄囝
	Gutian	姕髀
	Fu'an	屄
	Ningde	老姕
	Shouning	屄
	Zhouning	屄
	Fuding	屌
Southern Min	Xiamen	膣屄, 膣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	膣屄
	Quanzhou	膣屄
	Jinjiang	膣屄, 屄
	Zhangzhou	膣屄, 參屄, 蟯
	Zhangpu	膣
	Zhao'an	膣屄, 蛤婆
	Taipei	膣屄, 蟯
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膣屄, 蟯
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	膣屄
	Kaohsiung	膣屄, 蟯杯
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	膣屄
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	膣屄
	Yilan	膣屄
	Yilan (Luodong)	膣屄, 田杯
	Yilan (Toucheng)	膣屄, 蟯仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	膣屄
	Taichung	膣屄
	Taichung (Wuqi)	膣屄
	Tainan	膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔
	Tainan (Anping)	膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔
	Taitung	膣屄
	Hsinchu	膣屄
	Kinmen	膣屄, 蚶
	Penghu (Magong)	膣屄, 蚶
	Penghu (Xiyu)	膣屄, 蚶
	Penang (Hokkien)	膣屄, puki
	Singapore (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Manila (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Medan (Hokkien)	膣屄
	Longyan	膣屄
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	膣屄
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	閪
	Chaozhou	膣
	Shantou	膣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	膣
	Jieyang	膣, 蠔
	Haifeng	膣, 膣屄
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	膣
	Singapore (Teochew)	膣
	Leizhou	膣
	Haikou	膣
Puxian Min	Putian	膣
Puxian Min	Xianyou	膣屄
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	閪
Wu	Shanghai	屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	屄
	Suzhou	屄
	Danyang	屄, 屄屄 †
	Hangzhou	屄, 凹屄
	Ningbo	屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮
	Wenzhou	屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 †
	Jinhua	屄, 老屄
Xiang	Changsha	屄, 麻屄, 屄屄
	Loudi	屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous
	Shuangfeng	麻屄
	Quanzhou	屄
Note	† - of a girl

Coordinate terms

姐姐 (jiějie, “elder sister”)
哥哥 (gēge, “elder brother”)
弟弟 (dìdi, “younger brother”)

Related terms

姐姐 (jiějie)
姐妹 (jiěmèi)

Proper noun

妹妹

(Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) Carrie Lam

Coordinate terms

姐姐

Contents

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Related terms

See also

Proper noun

Coordinate terms