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| plum 梅花 plum blossom 梅花 méihuā plum blossom; clubs (cards) 杨梅 yángméi red bayberry; arbutus |
every; each / often; whenever 每每 měiměi often; invariably 每处 měi chù everywhere 每当 měidāng whenever; every time |
mold; mildew 倒霉 dǎoméi be out of luck 黑霉 hēiméi lichen; black mould |
| n. certain kinds of berries 草莓 cǎoméi strawberry 黑莓 hēiméi blackberry 蓝莓 lánméi blueberry | enzyme; ferment 发酶 fāméi to ferment 酶菌 méijūn ferment 蛋白酶 dànbáiméi prote(in)ase | |
| sharp; quick; perceptive 敏捷 mǐnjié s.v. quick; nimble; agile 敏感 mǐngǎn sensitive; susceptible; allergic 敏锐 mǐnruì s.v. sharp; acute; keen 灵敏 língmǐn sensitive; keen; acute | ||
| heave ho! 嗨哟 hāiyō ∼ 嗨呀 hāiyā ∼ |
sea; big lake; great capacity; plenty / to magnify ** 海洋 hǎiyáng ocean 外海 wàihǎi open sea 入海口 rùhǎikǒu estuary 人海 rénhǎi a sea of people 海量 hǎiliàng magnanimity; great capacity for liquor | |
| last day of the lunar month / dark night; obscure; unlucky 晦明 huìmíng night and day 晦暝 huìmíng dark and gloomy 晦气 huìqì unlucky |
to regret; repent 后悔 hòuhuǐ ∼ 悔恨 huǐhèn to regret deeply 翻悔 fānhuǐ to back out of (promise/etc.) |
to teach; instruct 教诲 jiàohuì ∼ / teaching; instruction 劝诲 quànhuì to advise; exhort |
| to insult; bully 侮辱 wǔrǔ to insult; humiliate 欺侮 qīwǔ to bully; humiliate 侮骂 wǔmà to insult and abuse | ||
** the ancient sounds of 每 and 海 were similar