梅 (méi): plum, plum flower, Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
梅 (méi) is a Chinese character meaning “plum.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 每 (phonetic). It ranks #1157 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 梅 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- plum
- plum flower
- Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 梅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梅林noun | méi lín | Merlin |
| 梅毒noun | méi dú | syphilis |
| 梅西 | méi xī | Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer |
| 梅斯proper-noun | méi sī | Metz (city in France) |
| 青梅竹马phrase | qīng méi zhú mǎ | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) |
| 梅子noun | méi zi | plum |
| 梅森 | méi sēn | Martin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician) |
| 得梅因proper-noun | dé méi yīn | Des Moines, capital of Iowa |
| 米高梅proper-noun | mǐ gāo méi | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company) |
| 酸梅noun | suān méi | preserved plum |
| 卡梅伦proper-noun | kǎ méi lún | Cameron (name) |
| 梅瑟proper-noun | méi sè | Moses (Catholic translation) |
| 不来梅proper-noun | bù lái méi | Bremen (city in Germany) |
| 梅雨noun | méi yǔ | East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) |
| 梅花鹿noun | méi huā lù | sika deer |
梅 appears in 76 compound words: 55 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 梅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 梅.
Example Sentences
这片森梅里生活着许多珍稀的野生动物。
zhè piān sēn méi lǐ shēng huó zhe xǔ duō zhēn xī de yě shēng dòng wù .
This stretch of Senmeri is home to many rare wildlife species.
张琼姿餐厅卷入高金素梅涉贪案 昔“车内密会潘若迪”险被离婚
zhāng 琼 zī cān tīng juǎn rù gāo jīn sù méi shè tān àn xī chē nèi mì huì pān ruò dí xiǎn bèi lí hūn
Zhang Qiongzi's restaurant was involved in Gao Jin Sumei's corruption case, and the former "secret meeting Pan Ruodi in the car" was almost divorced
卡尔梅科娃体操世界杯德国站勇夺双金
kǎ ěr méi kē wá tǐ cāo shì jiè bēi dé guó zhàn yǒng duó shuāng jīn
Kalmykova won double gold at the Gymnastics World Cup in Germany
高金素梅诈助理费再扩大!张琼姿餐厅卷贪污案
gāo jīn sù méi zhà zhù lǐ fèi zài kuò dà ! zhāng 琼 zī cān tīng juǎn tān wū àn
Gao Jin Sumei's fraud assistant fee is expanded again! Zhang Qiongzi's restaurant is involved in the corruption case
...吡阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊斯、约基尼斯梅开二度
. . . 吡 ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī , yuē jī ní sī méi kāi èr dù
... Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 away from home Isis and Jokinis scored twice
梅格同意肯的计划。
Méi gé tóngyì kěn de jìhuà.
Meg agreed to Ken's plan.
梅格连看都不看我。
Méi gé lián kàn dōu bù kàn wǒ.
Meg didn't even look at me.
琳达舞可以跳得跟梅格一样好。
Lín dá wǔ kěyǐ tiào de gēn méi gé yīyàng hǎo.
Linda can dance as well as Meg.
梅格和肯坐在长椅上。
Méi gé hé kěn zuò zài chángyǐ shàng.
Meg and Ken sat on the bench.
梅格买了一罐西红柿。
Méi gé mǎi le yī guàn xīhóngshì.
Meg bought a can of tomatoes.
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