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trad.	妹
simp. ^#	妹

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 妹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (未) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

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	Old Chinese
寐	*mids
魅	*mrɯds
鬽	*mrɯds
昧	*mɯːds
妹	*mɯːds
眛	maːds, mɯːds
沬	maːds, hmɯːds, *mɯds
未	*mɯds
味	*mɯds
鮇	*mɯds
菋	*mɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯːds): semantic 女 (“female, woman”) + phonetic 未 (OC *mɯds).

Etymology

Probably Sino-Tibetan. Proposed etymologies:

STEDT relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“girl; female; feminine suffix”), whence Apatani nyimii (“girl; woman; female”), Proto-Loloish *C-mi² (“woman”), Proto-Karen *hmɨᴮ (“female; woman”).
Schuessler (2007) compares it to Burmese မ (ma., “sister”) (whence အစ်မ (acma., “elder sister”), ညီမ (nyima., “younger sister”)), Miju ku-mai- (“woman”), Tibetan བུད་མེད (bud med, “woman”), and also Mizo hmei (“concubine”) (> Mizo hmei-chhia (“woman; wife”)), which STEDT relates to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maj (“widow, widower”) instead.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mei⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mui⁶ / mui^6-1 / mui^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): moi² / moi⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): mi⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): moi

(Hailu, HRS): moi^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): moi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): mei³
Northern Min (KCR): mṳē / mṳē^→mā̤
Eastern Min (BUC): muói
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): muei⁴ / muai⁴ / mui⁴ / mai⁴ / buei⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bē / mē / bēr / māi / mōe / běr / bōe / mūi / mǔi / moāi / bōee / mōee

(Teochew, Peng'im): muê⁶ / muê⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mei⁵ / mei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mei⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mui⁶ / mui^6-1 / mui^6-2
  - Yale: muih / mūi / múi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶ / mui^6-1 / mui^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶ / mui^6-1 / mui^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/, /muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/, /muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: moi² / moi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔi⁵⁵/, /ᵐbᵘɔi²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: moi
  - Hakka Romanization System: moi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: moi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /moi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: moi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /moi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: moi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /moɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mei³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mṳē / mṳē^→mā̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /myɛ⁵⁵/, /mɛ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: muei⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mo̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muei⁴²/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: muai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muɐi⁴²/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁴²/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mai⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ma̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai⁴²/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puei¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puei²¹/

Note:

muei4/muai4/mui4 - vernacular;
mai4 - new reading;
buei5 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē
  - Tâi-lô: bē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: be
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /be²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be³³/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /be⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mē
  - Tâi-lô: mē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: me
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mẽ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr
  - Tâi-lô: bēr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen, Singapore): /bə²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi
  - Tâi-lô: māi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²/
- (Hokkien: Changtai, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōe
  - Tâi-lô: muē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moe
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /muẽ³³/
  - IPA (Changtai): /muẽ²²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: běr
  - Tâi-lô: běr
  - IPA (Lukang): /bə³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe
  - Tâi-lô: buē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Xiamen): /bue²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mūi
  - Tâi-lô: muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mui
  - IPA (Longyan): /muĩ⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mǔi
  - Tâi-lô: muǐ
  - IPA (Longyan): /muĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moāi
  - Tâi-lô: muāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muãi²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōee
  - Tâi-lô: buēe
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /buɛ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhao'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mōee
  - Tâi-lô: muēe

Note:

Xiamen (two systems were recorded):
- bē - vernacular 1;
- bōe - literary 1;
- mē - vernacular 2;
- mūi - literary 2.
Urban Quanzhou:
- bē - vernacular;
- mūi - literary.
Other places in Quanzhou:
- bēr - vernacular;
- mūi - literary.
Urban Zhangzhou:
- bōe - vernacular;
- moāi - literary.
Other places in Zhangzhou:
- bōe - vernacular;
- māi - literary.
Longyan:
- mūi - vernacular;
- mǔi - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: muê⁶ / muê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muĕ / muē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mue³⁵/, /mue¹¹/

Note:

muê6 - literary;
muê7 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶me
  - MiniDict: me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mei⁵ / mei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /me̞i̯²¹/, /me̞i̯⁴⁵/

Note:

mei5 - vernacular;
mei4 - literary.

Middle Chinese: mwojH

More information Rime, Character ...

Rime
Character	妹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫佩切
Baxter	mwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj^H/
Li Rong	/muᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/muɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯːds/

More information Character, Reading # ...

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	妹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mwoj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁə[t]-s/
English	younger sister
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12914
Phonetic component	未
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妹
Old Chinese	/*mɯːds/

Definitions

妹

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map]

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	妹, 女弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	妹妹
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	妹妹
Taiwan	妹妹
Ulanhot	老妹兒
Tongliao	老妹兒
Chifeng	妹妹
Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老妹兒
Harbin	妹妹, 妹子
Shenyang	妹妹
Malaysia	妹妹
Singapore	妹妹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	妹妹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	妹
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	妹
Wanrong	妹子
Zhengzhou	妹妹
Xi'an	妹子, 妹妹
Xining	妹子
Xuzhou	妹妹
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	妹妹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	妹妹
Bayanhot	妹妹
Lanzhou	妹妹
Ürümqi	妹妹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	妹兒, 妹妹, 妹
Wuhan	妹妹
Guiyang	妹
Kunming	妹子, 妹妹
Liuzhou	妹子, 妹, 老妹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	妹妹, 妹子
Yangzhou	妹妹
Nantong	妹子, 妹妹
Hefei	妹妹
Huanggang	妹兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
Hong Kong	妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	阿妹
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	妹
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿妹
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿妹
Macau	妹
Guangzhou (Panyu)	細妹, 阿妹
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	妹
Guangzhou (Conghua)	妹
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿妹
Foshan	細妹, 妹
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿妹
Foshan (Shunde)	妹
Foshan (Sanshui)	妹
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	妹子
Zhongshan (Shiqi)	妹
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	妹
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿妹
Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿妹
Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿妹
Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿妹
Taishan	阿妹
Kaiping (Chikan)	阿妹
Enping (Niujiang)	阿妹
Heshan (Yayao)	妹
Dongguan	妹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	妹
Shaoguan	阿妹
Yunfu	阿妹
Yangjiang	小妹
Xinyi	老妹
Lianjiang	老妹, 阿妹
Danzhou	老姑
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿妹
Singapore (Guangfu)	細妹, 阿妹, 妹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	細妹
Gan	Nanchang	妹子
Lichuan	妹
Pingxiang	老妹, 妹老子
Hakka	Meixian	老妹, 老妹仔
Xingning	老妹
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老妹
Huiyang	老妹
Huidong (Daling)	老妹
Dongguan (Qingxi)	老妹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老妹
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老妹
Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老妹
Wuhua (Huacheng)	老妹
Wuhua (Changbu)	老妹
Wuhua (Mianyang)	老妹
Wuhua (Meilin)	老妹
Heyuan (Bendihua)	老妹
Wengyuan	老妹
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老妹
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	老妹
Liannan	老妹
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老妹
Jiexi	老妹
Luhe	老妹
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿妹
Changting	老妹
Wuping	老妹
Wuping (Yanqian)	老妹子
Wuping (Pingyu)	老妹
Liancheng	老妹
Ninghua	老妹
Yudu	妹子
Ningdu	妹
Ruijin	老妹
Shicheng	老妹, 妹
Shangyou (Shexi)	老妹
Tonggu (Sandu)	老妹
Ganzhou (Panlong)	老妹
Dayu	妹佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老妹
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老妹
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老妹
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老妹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老妹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿妹
Hong Kong	老妹
Yangxi (Tangkou)	老妹
Yangchun (Sanjia)	老妹
Xinyi (Sihe)	老妹
Xinyi (Qianpai)	老妹
Gaozhou (Xindong)	老妹
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	老妹
Huazhou (Xin'an)	老妹
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	老妹
Lianjiang (Qingping)	老妹
Mengshan (Xihe)	老妹
Luchuan	老妹
Sabah (Bao'an)	老妹
Sabah (Longchuan)	老妹
Senai (Huiyang)	老妹
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老妹
Singkawang	阿妹, 老妹
Huizhou	Jixi	妹
Shexian	妹妹, 女妹
Huangshan (Tunxi)	令妹兒
Xiuning	令妹, 令妹兒
Yixian	奶妹兒
Qimen	妹吶
Wuyuan	女妹仂, 女妹, 妹
Fuliang	小妹, 妹哩
Dexing	妹子
Jin	Taiyuan	妹妹
Pingyao	妹妹, 妹子
Xinzhou	姊妹
Taibus (Baochang)	妹妹
Linhe	妹妹
Jining	妹妹
Hohhot	妹妹
Baotou	妹妹
Dongsheng	妹妹
Haibowan	妹妹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妹仔
Jian'ou (Dikou)	妹仔
Songxi	妹仔
Zhenghe	妹
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	妹
Jianyang	妹仔
Wuyishan	妹仔
Pucheng (Shibei)	妹仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依妹, 妹
Fuzhou (Changle)	依妹
Fuqing	阿妹
Yongtai	依妹
Gutian	妹
Fu'an	妹
Ningde	妹
Shouning	姊妹
Zhouning	阿妹
Fuding	阿妹
Matsu	依妹
Southern Min	Xiamen	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Quanzhou	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Zhangzhou	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Zhao'an	細妹子
Taipei	小妹
New Taipei (Sanxia)	小妹
Kaohsiung	小妹
Tainan	小妹
Kinmen	小妹
Penghu (Magong)	小妹
Penang (Hokkien)	小妹
Singapore (Hokkien)	小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face
Manila (Hokkien)	小妹
Chaozhou	阿妹
Shantou	妹
Jieyang	阿妹
Haifeng	妹, 妹妹, 阿妹
Bangkok (Teochew)	阿妹
Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿妹
Singapore (Teochew)	阿妹
Leizhou	尼妹, 妹
Wenchang	姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
Haikou	姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female
Puxian Min	Putian	阿妹
Xianyou	阿妹, 小妹
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	妹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妹
Shehua	Fu'an	妹
Fuding	阿妹
Luoyuan	妹
Sanming	妹
Shunchang	阿妹
Hua'an	妹
Guixi (Zhangping)	妹
Cangnan	妹
Jingning (Hexi)	妹
Lishui	妹
Longyou	妹
Chaozhou	妹
Fengshun	妹
Wu	Shanghai	阿妹, 妹妹, 姊妹
Shanghai (Chongming)	姊妹
Suzhou	妹子, 妹妹
Wuxi	妹子, 妹妹
Danyang	妹子
Hangzhou	阿妹, 妹妹
Ningbo	阿妹, 妹妹
Wenzhou	阿妹
Jinhua	妹, 妹妹
Xiang	Changsha	老妹, 妹妹
Xiangtan	老妹
Loudi	妹妹
Shuangfeng	妹妹
Hengyang	妹妹

Dialectal synonyms of 女孩子 (“young girl”) [map]

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	女孩, 女孩子, 女童
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	女孩兒, 小女孩兒, 小姑娘, 小閨女, 小丫頭, 妞兒, 小妞兒, 女花兒
Taiwan	女孩, 女孩子
Singapore	女孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	閨女兒, 小妮兒
Weifang (Fangzi)	小閨女
Changle	閨女, 妮兒
Shouguang	妮子
Wulian	識字班
Jinan	小閨女兒, 小妮兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Weifang (Hanting)	小閨女
Changyi	閨女, 小嫚兒
Gaomi	小嫚兒
Zhucheng	小閨女子兒
Anqiu	閨女
Linqu	閨女
Qingzhou	小閨女, 小閨妮兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Kaifeng	女孩兒
Xi'an	女子娃, 女子, 女娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	女娃子, 女娃兒, 女娃娃
Wuhan	女伢, 姑娘, 姑娘伢
Guilin	女把爺
Guanyang	妹崽家
Dagudi (Maliba)	小姑娘
Reshuitang (Longling)	小姑娘
Mae Salong (Lancang)	小姑娘
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	小姑娘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	女霞子
Xinghua	姑娘, 丫頭, 外家裡
Hefei	丫頭
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	女子崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
Hong Kong	女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	妹仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	女仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	女仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	妹仔
Macau	女仔
Guangzhou (Panyu)	女仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	女仔
Foshan	女仔
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	女仔
Foshan (Shunde)	女仔
Foshan (Sanshui)	女仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	女仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi)	女仔
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	女仔
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	女仔
Zhuhai (Doumen)	女仔
Jiangmen (Baisha)	女仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui)	女仔
Taishan	女仔, 細路女 child, 細民女 child
Kaiping (Chikan)	女仔, 細佬女 child, 細民女 child
Enping (Niujiang)	女仔
Heshan (Yayao)	女仔
Dongguan	女仔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	婦娘妹
Qingyuan	女仔
Fogang	女仔
Yingde (Hanguang)	女仔
Yangshan	妹仔
Lianshan (Butian)	妹仔兒
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	女仔
Shaoguan	女仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	女仔, 妹仔
Renhua	女仔
Lechang	女仔
Yangjiang	妹, 妹仔
Nanning	女仔, 妹仔, 妹丁
Dongxing	妹仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	女仔
Singapore (Guangfu)	女仔
Gan	Nanchang	女崽子
Pengze	女妹
Hakka	Meixian	細妹仔
Xingning	細妹哩, 賠錢貨 †
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	女仔
Huidong (Daling)	阿僬妹仔
Dongguan (Qingxi)	僬妹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老妹仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	女仔, 僬妹仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	細妹子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	細妹仔
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	妹仔
Changting	細妹子
Wuping	細妹子
Wuping (Pingyu)	細妹子
Liancheng	妹子人
Ninghua	女子薩
Ruijin	女客子, 細女子
Shicheng	細女女子
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細妹仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細妹仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細妹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細妹仔, 細妹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	妹子, 妹子人
Hong Kong	妹仔
Jin	Taiyuan	妮子, 女娃娃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	諸娘囝
Matsu	諸娘囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某囡仔
Xiamen (Tong'an)	查某囡仔
Quanzhou	查某囡仔
Zhangzhou	查某囡仔, 查某嬰
Yunxiao	查囡仔
Taipei	查某囡仔
New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某囡仔
Kaohsiung	查某囝
Yilan	查某囡仔
Changhua (Lukang)	查某囡仔
Taichung	查某囡仔
Tainan	查某囡仔
Hsinchu	查某囡仔
Kinmen	查某囡仔
Penghu (Magong)	查某囡仔
Penang (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
Singapore (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
Manila (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
Chaozhou	諸娘囝
Shantou	諸娘囝, 查某囝
Shantou (Chenghai)	諸娘囝
Jieyang	諸娘囝
Lufeng	查某囡仔
Haifeng	查某囡仔
Johor Bahru (Teochew)	查某囝
Singapore (Teochew)	查某囝
Leizhou	查某囝
Wenchang	查某囝
Haikou	查某囝
Puxian Min	Putian	嬸娘囝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	嬸娘囝
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	嬸娘囝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	嬸娘囝
Xianyou	小娘囝
Xianyou (Fengting)	小娘囝
Xianyou (Youyang)	小娘囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	女囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑娘
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	女子
Wu	Shanghai	女小囡, 小鬼丫頭
Shanghai (Chongming)	丫頭, 小娘
Suzhou	小娘兒, 女小干
Ningbo	小娘, 小娘屄, 小娘頭, 娘子
Wenzhou	女兒, 媛子兒
Xiang	Changsha	妹子, 細妹子, 妹伢子
Shuangfeng	妹唧, 細妹唧
Hengyang	妹唧
Note	† - derogatory

Dialectal synonyms of 女兒 (“daughter”) [map]

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	女
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	女兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	女兒, 女花兒, 閨女, 姑娘, 丫頭
Taiwan	女兒
Langfang	閨妮
Hulunbuir (Hailar)	女兒
Harbin	女兒, 姑娘, 閨女, 閨娘, 丫頭
Shenyang	姑娘, 丫頭
Malaysia	女兒
Singapore	女兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	女兒, 閨女, 小棉襖 humorous
Tangshan	閨女
Cangzhou	閨女
Baoding	閨女
Shijiazhuang	閨女
Weifang (Weicheng)	閨女
Weifang (Fangzi)	閨女, 嫚兒
Changle	閨女兒
Shouguang	閨女
Wulian	閨女, 丫頭, 嫚兒, 識字班
Jinan	閨女
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	閨娘, 閨娘子, 女兒
Qingdao	閨女
Weifang (Hanting)	閨女
Changyi	閨女, 嫚姑子
Gaomi	閨女, 嫚兒, 嫚兒姑子
Zhucheng	閨女
Anqiu	閨女
Linqu	閨女
Qingzhou	閨女
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	妮兒
Wanrong	女子
Zhengzhou	閨女, 妞
Xi'an	女, 女兒
Xining	姑娘, 丫頭
Xuzhou	女兒, 閨女
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	女兒, 姑娘兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	女兒, 丫頭
Bayanhot	丫頭
Lanzhou	女兒
Ürümqi	女兒, 丫頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	女兒, 女, 姑娘兒
Wuhan	姑娘, 丫頭
Guiyang	姑娘, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 幺女, 幺姑娘, 小丫頭, 小姑娘
Kunming	囡兒, 姑娘
Guilin	女兒
Liuzhou	女, 丫頭
Sanjiang (Danzhou)	妹崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	女兒, 姑娘
Yangzhou	女兒, 姑娘
Nantong	丫頭
Hefei	女兒, 丫頭
Huanggang	女兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女
Hong Kong	女, 女女, 阿女
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	女, 妹仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	女
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿女
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿女
Macau	女
Guangzhou (Panyu)	女
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	女
Guangzhou (Conghua)	女
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	女
Foshan	女
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	女
Foshan (Shunde)	女
Foshan (Sanshui)	女
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	女
Zhongshan (Shiqi)	女
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	女
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	女
Zhuhai (Doumen)	女
Jiangmen (Baisha)	女
Jiangmen (Xinhui)	女
Taishan	女
Kaiping (Chikan)	女
Enping (Niujiang)	女
Heshan (Yayao)	女
Dongguan	女
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	女
Shenzhen (Dapeng)	阿女
Qingyuan	女
Fogang	女
Yingde (Hanguang)	女
Yangshan	妹仔
Lianshan (Butian)	女
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	女
Shaoguan	女
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	女
Renhua	女
Lechang	女
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	女
Sihui	女
Guangning	女
Deqing	女
Huaiji	女
Fengkai (Nanfeng)	女
Yunfu	女
Xinxing	女
Luoding	女
Yunan (Pingtai)	女
Yangjiang	桓仔, 妹仔
Xinyi	女
Maoming (Xinpo)	女
Lianjiang	女
Wuchuan (Wuyang)	康女兒, 夫娘儂
Nanning	女
Wuzhou	女
Yulin	女
Hepu (Lianzhou)	女
Guiping	女
Mengshan (Xihe)	女
Guigang (Nanjiang)	女
Beiliu (Tangliao)	女
Baise	女
Bobai	女
Lingshan	女
Pubei	女
Qinzhou	女
Beihai	女
Beihai (Nankang)	女
Beihai (Yingpan)	女
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	女, 妹仔
Ningming	女
Hengzhou	女
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	女仔
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	女
Danzhou	女
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	女
Singapore (Guangfu)	女
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	女
Móng Cái	女
Gan	Nanchang	女, 姑娘
Lichuan	女
Pingxiang	女, 妹仔
Hakka	Meixian	妹仔
Xingning	妹哩
Dabu (Xihe)	妹兒, 女
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿女
Huiyang	妹子
Huidong (Daling)	妹仔
Dongguan (Qingxi)	妹主
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	妹主
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	妹子
Wuhua (Shuizhai)	妹哩
Wuhua (Huacheng)	妹哩
Wuhua (Changbu)	妹哩
Wuhua (Mianyang)	妹哩
Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿女
Wengyuan	妹子
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	妹子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	妹仔
Liannan	妹子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	女
Jiexi	妹
Luhe	妹仔, 阿女
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿女
Changting	妹子, 女
Wuping	妹子
Wuping (Yanqian)	女哩
Wuping (Pingyu)	妹子
Liancheng	妹子娘
Ninghua	女
Yudu	女, 女子
Ningdu	女
Ruijin	女, 女子
Shicheng	女
Shangyou (Shexi)	女
Tonggu (Sandu)	妹子
Ganzhou (Panlong)	女
Dayu	女哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	妹仔, 妹子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	妹仔, 妹子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	妹仔, 妹子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	妹, 妹子, 細妹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	妹仔, 妹子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿女
Hong Kong	妹子
Yangxi (Tangkou)	妹子
Yangchun (Sanjia)	女
Xinyi (Sihe)	女
Xinyi (Qianpai)	女
Gaozhou (Xindong)	女
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	女
Huazhou (Xin'an)	女子
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	妹𧊅, 女子
Lianjiang (Qingping)	女
Mengshan (Xihe)	妹子
Luchuan	女
Luchuan (Daqiao)	女
Bobai (Shahe)	女
Beiliu (Tang'an)	妹
Mashan (Pianlian)	妹子
Sabah (Bao'an)	妹子
Sabah (Longchuan)	妹哩
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	妹
Senai (Huiyang)	妹子
Singkawang	妹子
Huizhou	Jixi	女
Shexian	女
Huangshan (Tunxi)	囡, 囡囝
Xiuning	囡兒
Yixian	囡兒
Qimen	女, 女兒
Wuyuan	女, 女兒, 囡
Fuliang	女崽
Dexing	𡚴姑
Jingde	女伲
Shitai (Xianyu)	女兒
Jin	Taiyuan	閨女, 姑娘, 妮子
Pingyao	閨女, 女子
Xinzhou	閨女
Hohhot	閨女, 女子
Zhangjiakou	閨女
Handan	閨女
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝
Jian'ou (Dikou)	娘囝
Songxi	阿娘囝
Zhenghe	阿娘囝
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	娘囝
Jianyang	阿娘囝
Wuyishan	阿娘囝
Pucheng (Shibei)	阿娘囝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	諸娘囝
Fuzhou (Changle)	諸娘囝
Fuqing	諸娘囝
Yongtai	諸娘囝
Gutian	諸娘囝
Pingnan	諸娘囝
Fu'an	諸娘囝
Ningde	諸母囝
Shouning	諸母囝
Zhouning	諸娘囝
Fuding	諸母囝
Matsu	諸娘囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某囝, 查某仔
Quanzhou	查某仔
Yongchun	查某囝
Zhangzhou	查某仔, 灶雞
Zhangzhou (Changtai)	查某仔
Pinghe	查某囝, 查某仔 Xiazhai, Jiufeng, Luxi
Zhangpu	查某仔
Dongshan	查囝
Taipei	查某囝
New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某囝
Kaohsiung	查某囡仔, 查某囝
Yilan	查某囝
Changhua (Lukang)	查某囝
Taichung	查某囝
Taichung (Wuqi)	查某囝
Tainan	查某囝
Taitung	查某囝
Hsinchu	查某囝
Kinmen	查某囡仔
Penghu (Magong)	查某囝
Penang (Hokkien)	查某囝, 查某仔
Singapore (Hokkien)	查某囝
Manila (Hokkien)	查某仔, 查某囝
Longyan	查某仔
Zhangping	查某仔
Zhangping (Yongfu)	查某仔
Datian	阿使
Pingnan (Shangdu)	女
Chaozhou	走囝
Shantou	走囝
Shantou (Chenghai)	走囝
Jieyang	走囝
Haifeng	查某囝
Bangkok (Teochew)	走囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走囝
Singapore (Teochew)	查某囝, 走囝
Batam (Teochew)	查某囝, 走囝
Pontianak (Teochew)	查某囝
Leizhou	查某囝
Wenchang	查某囝
Haikou	查某囝, 查囝
Qionghai	查某囝
Puxian Min	Putian	嬸娘囝
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	嬸娘囝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	嬸娘囝
Xianyou	子囝
Xianyou (Fengting)	子囝
Xianyou (Youyang)	子囝
Central Min	Yong'an	娘囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中母囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	女
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	女
Shehua	Fu'an	女
Fuding	女
Luoyuan	女
Sanming	女
Shunchang	女
Hua'an	妹仔
Guixi (Zhangping)	女
Cangnan	女
Jingning (Hexi)	女
Lishui	女
Longyou	女
Chaozhou	女
Fengshun	女
Wu	Shanghai	囡兒, 囡 dated, 囡兒大細 dated, 小鬼丫頭 endearing
Shanghai (Songjiang)	囡兒, 囡
Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	囡兒
Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	囡
Shanghai (Fengxian)	女小囡
Shanghai (Jinshan)	囡
Shanghai (Qingpu)	囡兒, 囡
Shanghai (Jiading)	丫頭兒
Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	丫頭
Shanghai (Chongming)	丫頭
Suzhou	囡兒
Wuxi	囡兒
Danyang	女兒
Hangzhou	女兒
Ningbo	囡
Wenzhou	奶兒
Jinhua	囡兒, 囡, 女兒
Xiang	Changsha	女, 妹子
Xiangtan	女, 妹唧
Loudi	女
Shuangfeng	女
Quanzhou	女崽
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	女

Compounds

乾妹妹 / 干妹妹
令妹 (lìngmèi)
伊妹 (yīmèi)
伊妹兒 / 伊妹儿 (yīmèir, “(humorous, obsolete) email”)
你妹 (nǐmèi, “(Mandarin) my arse”)
兄妹 (xiōngmèi)
兄弟姐妹 (xiōngdì jiěmèi, “brothers and sisters”)
內妹 / 内妹
十姊妹 (shízǐmèi)
嘉麗妹妹 / 嘉丽妹妹
堂妹 (tángmèi)
堂姊妹
大陸妹 / 大陆妹 (dàlùmèi)
太妹 (tàimèi)
女妹
妹丈 (mèizhàng)
妹仔
妹夫 (mèifū)
妹妹 (“younger sister”)
姊妹 (“sisters”)
姐妹 (jiěmèi, “sisters”)
妻姊妹婚
姊妹市 (zǐmèishì)
姊妹校
姊妹盟
姐妹花 (jiěmèihuā)
姊妹行
妹婿 (mèixù)
妹子 (mèizi)
妹紙 / 妹纸 (mèizhǐ)
姨妹 (yímèi)
學生妹 / 学生妹 (xuéshēngmèi)
小妹 (xiǎomèi, “(Min Nan) younger sister”)
師妹 / 师妹 (shīmèi)
弟妹 (dìmèi)
恐龍妹 / 恐龙妹 (kǒnglóngmèi)
手帕姊妹
把妹 (bǎmèi)
架妹
歸妹 / 归妹 (guīmèi)
祭妹文
細妹 / 细妹 (“(dialectal) younger sister”)
老姐妹兒 / 老姐妹儿
胞妹 (bāomèi)
胞姊妹
花小妹
蘇小妹 / 苏小妹
蜆妹 / 蚬妹
表妹 (biǎomèi)
表姐妹 (biǎojiěmèi)
賓妹 / 宾妹
辣妹 (làmèi, “hot babe”)
酷妹
鍾馗嫁妹 / 钟馗嫁妹
阿妹 (āmèi, “(Wu) younger sister”)
香火姊妹
鬼妹 (guǐmèi, “(Cantonese) a Caucasian girl”)
鹹水妹 / 咸水妹 (xiánshuǐmèi)

Descendants

→ Khmer: មួយ (muəy, “you”) (used with people of Chinese ethnicity)
→ Thai: หมวย (mǔai, “younger sister”) (said by Chinese ethnicity)

References

“妹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “妹”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 154.
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “妹”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 154.

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