"siu mei" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
烧味 燒味 shāo wèi siu mei / spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not / not syn
měi each / every syn
měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn
妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva
西门庆 西門慶 xī mén qìng Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
宋美龄 宋美齡 sòng měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife
叉烧 叉燒 chā shāo char siu / barbecued pork
袁枚 yuán méi Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
mèi younger sister syn
mèi see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddle syn
méi old variant of 梅[mei2] syn
méi medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media syn
méi berry / strawberry
méi eyebrow / upper margin syn
méi variant of 霉[mei2] syn
mèi demon / magic / to charm
méi enzyme / ferment
méi coal / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
mèi (bound form) to flatter / (bound form) charming syn
měi magnesium (chemistry)
méi (fine jade) / used in 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]
méi millet syn
méi lintel / crossbeam
mèi to conceal / dark syn
méi (literary) shore / coast / bank syn
mèi to sleep soundly syn
méi americium (chemistry)
méi used in 峨嵋[E2mei2]
mèi sleeve of a robe syn
měi to ask a favor of
méi babbler (bird)
méi ancient place name
梅派 méi pài the Mei Lanfang School / see 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]
méi variant of 霉[mei2]
méi used for ferret, badger or mongoose
mèi a kind of bamboo
méi heir-requesting sacrifice
méi americium (chemistry) (Tw) / (archaic) metal chain
霸王别姬 霸王別姬 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
马工枚速 馬工枚速 mǎ gōng méi sù Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom) / to each his good points
寐龙 寐龍 mèi lóng Mei, dinosaur genus / Mei long, dinosaur species
白眉拳 bái méi quán Pak Mei or Bak Mei - "White Eyebrow" (Chinese Martial Art)
méi low wall
méi (stone which resembles jade)
méi meat on the back of an animal
méi variant of 莓, berry / strawberry
梅兰芳 梅蘭芳 méi lán fāng Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
měi beautiful
měi beautiful
měi ripple pattern
mèi dawn / place name
mèi be radiant / flaming / drought
mèi disease caused by anxiety
mèi blind / imperceptive
mèi a grass that gives red dye
méi quickening of the fetus
张惠妹 張惠妹 zhāng huì mèi A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer
乾嘉三大家 qián jiā sān dà jiā Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
méi variant of 梅[mei2] / plum
峨嵋拳 é méi quán Emeiquan / O Mei Ch'uan (kungfu style)
枚乘 méi chéng Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
桂纶镁 桂綸鎂 guì lún měi Guey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress
měi Japanese variant of 每
眉县 眉縣 méi xiàn Mei County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi
蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
měi mountain / hill
méi old variant of 玫[mei2]
méi old variant of 眉[mei2]
妹妹头 妹妹頭 mèi mei tóu bob (hairstyle)
火尾绿鹛 火尾綠鶥 huǒ wěi lǜ méi (bird species of China) fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura)
méi (used in personal names)
欧美 歐美 ōu - měi Europe and America / the West
赴美 fù - měi to go to the United States
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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