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Keyword
classifier for bombs
  • the stalk of a shrub
  • the trunk of a tree
Frequency
#2466
Strokes
8
Readings
méi100%
Mnemonic
木 (tree) gives the meaning and 攵 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
枚méi
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
不胜枚举bùshèngméijǔ
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
枚举méijǔ
to enumerate
袁枚YuánMéi
Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家 (QiánJiāSānDàjiā)
猜枚cāiméi
drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand