méi

娒

Character · NounTraditional枚

surname; classifier

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

used in personal names (surname or given name)

Primarily used as a surname (e.g., 枚乘, a Han dynasty writer) or in given names. Rarely used in modern spoken language except in names.

Méi枚
Chéng乘
shì是
Xī西
Hàn汉
zhù著
míng名
de的
cí辞
fù赋
jiā家
 。

Mei Cheng was a famous fu poet of the Western Han dynasty.

Wǒ我
de的
tóng同
shì事
xìng姓
Méi枚
 。

My colleague's surname is Mei.

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Zhè这
ge个
zì字
cháng常
yòng用
yú于
rén人
míng名
zhōng中
 。

This character is commonly used in personal names.