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méi

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méi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
méi | mei2
English translation
rose

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About méi

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

méi

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

jade

Etymology of méi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

王攵

Semantic compound

Wáng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Wáng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using méi

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例如 lìrú ,每张地图 dìtú shǎng dōu 会有罗盘 luó pán 玫瑰 méi guī ,指明 zhǐ míng Dōng Nán 西 běi .

The Compass Rose - drawn on almost every map - indicated North, East, South, and West.

玫瑰 méi guī jiē yǒu (快乐 kuàilè 之中 zhī zhōng yǒu 痛苦 tòngkǔ ).

There's no rose without a thorn.

zhè 玫瑰 méi guī Xīn 品种 pǐnzhǒng shì yóu 一种 yī zhǒng hěn lǎo de 品种 pǐnzhǒng 培育 péiyù 而成 de .

This new rose is a development from a very old kind of rose.

Wén Wén zhè duǒ 玫瑰 méi guī . duō xiāng ya !

Just smell this rose. Isn't It'sweet!

yòng 厩肥 zuò 玫瑰 méi guī de gēn .

I used stable muck as a mulch for my roses.

Words with méi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
玫瑰 méi guī rose flower玫瑰 méi guī
méi (fine jade) méi
玫瑰花 méi guī huā rose玫瑰花 méi guī huā

méi Decomposition & Compounds

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