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mèi

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mèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèi | mei4
English translation
see 謎兒
>谜儿 mèi r [mèi r], riddle
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mí | mi2
English translation
riddle
riddle, puzzle, conundrum

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About mèi

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Bewitching  words  yán also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of mèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

讠迷

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Example sentences using mèi

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不高不 ǎi , 黑发 hēi fà ? 可能 kěnéng zài wán 猜谜游戏 yóuxì ?

Someone average height, dark hair? Or perhaps doing a puzzle?

那么 nà me , gāi shì 学会 xué huì Xīn de mèi de 时候 shíhou le !

Then it is time for you to learn a new mystery, a new question!

zhè mèi què 如同 rú tóng 斯芬克斯 sī fēn kè sī de 问题 wèntí , xiǎng zhǎo àn 难上加难 nán shàng jiā nán !

As the puzzle , like the Sphinx, it is difficult to answer!

ràng gěi 你们 nǐ men 一些 yī xiē 关于 guānyú mèi de 历史 lìshǐ .

Let me give you some history about a conundrum.

这个 zhè ge 谜语 míyǔ 孩子 háizi cāi 出来 chū lái .

The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.

Words with mèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mèi riddle
谜团 mí tuán riddle謎團
谜底 mí dǐ answer to a riddle謎底
谜语 míyǔ riddle謎語
字谜 zì mí letter puzzle字謎
灯谜 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)燈謎
哑谜 yǎ mí puzzle啞謎
打哑谜 dǎ yǎ mí to talk in riddles打啞謎

mèi Decomposition & Compounds

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mèi Decomposition

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