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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
mèi - younger sister

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 3,266 1,731 445

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
妹妹 2 1 950 3,238 1,736
姐妹 - 4 1,929 4,438 2,249
- - 3,266 1,731 445
兄妹 - - 7,972 13,350 11,484
表妹 - - 8,028 15,933 7,837
姊妹 - - 13,092 16,603 10,684
妹子 - - 17,793 5,780 1,993
堂妹 - - 18,457 - -
妹夫 - - 18,649 27,961 15,119
小妹 - - 19,833 13,722 8,840
弟妹 - - 26,132 34,503 27,621
表姐妹 - - 34,600 - -
继妹 - - 66,696 - -
堂姊妹 - - 71,446 - -
师妹 - - 82,651 15,549 9,950
阿妹 - - 85,905 30,000 13,840
打工妹 - - 90,276 39,028 49,265