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mèi

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mèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèi | mei4
English translation
sleep; asleep

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About mèi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

mèi

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A bed  qiáng in a house  gài wèi provides the pronunciation

Etymology of mèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

gài 爿未

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Example sentences using mèi

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shì duǒ 奇异 qí yì 无比 wúbǐ de 洁白 jié bái de 雪莲花, shì 梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú de 花朵 huā duǒ .

She was a wonderful white snow - flower, which he had desired infinitely.

现在 xiànzài 可以 kěyǐ 开始 kāishǐ zhēng 一直 yīzhí 梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú de 大钱 dà qián le

Now he can begin to earn the sort of mega-bucks he has always dreamed about.

现在 xiànzài 你们 nǐ men 终于 zhōngyú 凑足 còu zú le Qián 可以 kěyǐ wéi 梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú de 房子 fáng zi jiāo 订金 dìng jīn 了。

Now you've finally got enough money together to put down a deposit on your dream home.

Words with mèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú to long for sth day and night夢寐以求
mèi to sleep soundly mèi
梦寐 mèng mèi to dream夢寐
假寐 jiǎ mèi to doze假寐 jiǎ mèi
寤寐 wù mèi at any time寤寐 wù mèi
夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi to study diligently夙興夜寐

mèi Decomposition & Compounds

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