阿妹

Chinese edit

	phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	younger sister
trad. (阿妹)	阿	妹
simp. ^#(阿妹)	阿	妹
alternative forms	亞妹／亚妹 Cantonese

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āmèi

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ mui^6-2, aa³ mui^6-1
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): a-mê / a-mai / a-môe

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ muê⁷
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷aq-me

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āmèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: amèi
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-mei⁴
  - Yale: ā-mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amey
  - Palladius: амэй (amɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ mui^6-2, aa³ mui^6-1
  - Yale: a múi, a mūi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ mui^6-2, aa³ mui^6-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ mui^6-2, a³ mui^6-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /aː³³ muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mê
  - Tâi-lô: a-mê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: amee
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ mẽ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mẽ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mai
  - Tâi-lô: a-mai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: amay
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mãi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-môe
  - Tâi-lô: a-muê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: amoee
  - IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mue²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ muê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a muē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ mue¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷aq-me
  - MiniDict: ah^入 me
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴aq-me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ³³ me⁴⁴/

Noun edit

阿妹

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Wu) younger sister

Synonyms edit

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妹, 女弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妹妹
Mandarin	Beijing	妹妹
	Taiwan	妹妹
	Ulanhot	老妹兒
	Tongliao	老妹兒
	Chifeng	妹妹
	Bayanhot	妹妹
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老妹兒
	Harbin	妹妹, 妹子
	Shenyang	妹妹
	Yantai (Muping)	妹
	Jinan	妹妹
	Luoyang	妹
	Wanrong	妹子
	Zhengzhou	妹妹
	Xi'an	妹子, 妹妹
	Yinchuan	妹妹
	Lanzhou	妹妹
	Xining	妹子
	Ürümqi	妹妹
	Wuhan	妹妹
	Huanggang	妹兒
	Chengdu	妹兒, 妹妹, 妹
	Guiyang	妹
	Kunming	妹子, 妹妹
	Liuzhou	妹子, 妹, 老妹
	Xuzhou	妹妹
	Yangzhou	妹妹
	Nanjing	妹妹, 妹子
	Hefei	妹妹
	Nantong	妹子, 妹妹
	Malaysia	妹妹
	Singapore	妹妹
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	妹妹
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)	妹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
	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
	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿妹, 小妹
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	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	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

Descendants edit

→ English: Ah Moi
→ Indonesian: amoi
→ Macanese: amui
→ Malay: amoi