枚
méi
HSK level: HSK 7–9
Meaning
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 个 gè); 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
Other reading: Méi
surname Mei
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Characters
Examples
他拿出了几枚硬币。
Tā ná chū le jǐ méi yìng bì.
He took out some coins.
她认出那枚胸针是她几个月前丢失的。
Tā rèn chū nà méi xiōng zhēn shì tā jǐ ge yuè qián diū shī de.
She recognized the brooch as the one she had lost a few months before.
Words with this character
枚乘 Méi Chéng Mei Cheng, Han dynasty poet袁枚 Yuán Méi Yuan Mei, Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家 Qián Jiā Sān Dà jiā猜枚 cāi méi drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand枚卜 méi bǔ to choose officials by divination枚举 méi jǔ to enumerate马工枚速 Mǎ gōng Méi sù Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ innumerable不胜枚举 bù shèng méi jǔ too numerous to mention individually or one by one钳马衔枚 qián mǎ xián méi with horses and soldiers gagged