Chinese words starting with “mei”
38 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable mei. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 13 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial m · final ei · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 20
- 3rd tone 16
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 没有méi yǒuHSK 1
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 美元měi yuánHSK 3
American dollar; US dollar
- 媒体méi tǐHSK 3
media, esp. news media
- 美丽měi lìHSK 3
beautiful
- 美好měi hǎoHSK 3
beautiful; fine
- 没什么méi shén meHSK 1
nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
- 美女měi nǚHSK 4
beautiful woman
- 妹妹mèi meiHSK 1
younger sister; young woman
- 没关系méi guān xiHSK 1
it doesn't matter
- 没用méi yòngHSK 3
useless
- 美食měi shíHSK 3
culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food
- 美术měi shùHSK 3
art; fine arts; painting
- 没事儿méi shì rHSK 1
to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
All 38 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 没 | méi | d,v | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not | |
| 2 | 每 | měi | r | each; every | |
| 3 | 美 | měi | b,a,g,an | beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself | |
| 4 | 妹 | mèi | n | younger sister | |
| 5 | 枚 | méi | q | classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) | |
| 6 | 魅力 | mèi lì | n | charm; fascination; glamor; charisma | |
| 7 | 玫瑰 | méi guī | n | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower | |
| 8 | 美味 | měi wèi | n | delicious; delicious food; delicacy | |
| 9 | 没错 | méi cuò | v | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 10 | 美妙 | měi miào | a,an | beautiful; wonderful; splendid | |
| 11 | 美金 | měi jīn | q,n,nr | US dollar; USD | |
| 12 | 每当 | měi dāng | p | whenever; every time | |
| 13 | 美容 | měi róng | vn,v | to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more attractive; to beautify | |
| 14 | 美人 | měi rén | n | beauty; belle | |
| 15 | 煤 | méi | n | coal | |
| 16 | 煤气 | méi qì | n | coal gas; gas (fuel) | |
| 17 | 眉毛 | méi mao | n | eyebrow | |
| 18 | 煤矿 | méi kuàng | n | coal mine; coal seam | |
| 19 | 美景 | měi jǐng | n | beautiful scenery | |
| 20 | 没意思 | méi yì si | a | boring; of no interest | |
| 21 | 美满 | měi mǎn | a,an | happy; blissful | |
| 22 | 美德 | měi dé | n | virtue | |
| 23 | 没完没了 | méi wán méi liǎo | v | without end; incessantly; on and on | |
| 24 | 美化 | měi huà | v,vn | to make more beautiful; to decorate; embellishment | |
| 25 | 没劲 | méi jìn | a | to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest | |
| 26 | 媒介 | méi jiè | n | intermediary; vehicle; vector; medium; media | |
| 27 | 煤炭 | méi tàn | n | coal | |
| 28 | 梅花 | méi huā | n | plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect) | |
| 29 | 美观 | měi guān | a | pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic | |
| 30 | 每逢 | měi féng | v | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 31 | 没辙 | méi zhé | v | at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out | |
| 32 | 美中不足 | měi zhōng bù zú | l | everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment | |
| 33 | 没法儿 | méifǎr5 | l | Can't | |
| 34 | 眉开眼笑 | méi kāi yǎn xiào | brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles | ||
| 35 | 没说的 | méi shuō de | v | nothing to pick on; really good; nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem | |
| 36 | 美滋滋 | měi zī zī | z | very happy; elated | |
| 37 | 没准儿 | méi zhǔn r | erhua variant of 没准; not sure; maybe | ||
| 38 | 没想到 | méi xiǎng dào | didn't expect |
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