HSK 6 · Function Words

枚 méi “(measure word for coins” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 枚 means

  1. (measure word for coins, medals, rings etc.)
  2. classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 个)
  3. classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc
  4. (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 “mai”)

How to say 枚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale枚méi2nd tone, rising

枚 in a sentence

  1. 我有几枚银币。

    Wǒ yǒu jǐ méi yínbì.

    I have a few silver coins.

    Sentence #677045 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我需要先放一枚硬币吗？

    Wǒ xūyào xiān fàng yì méi yìngbì ma?

    Do I need to put a coin in first?

    Sentence #6401604 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 她认出那枚胸针是她几个月前丢失的。

    Tā rènchū nà méi xiōngzhēn shì tā jǐ ge yuè qián diūshī de.

    She recognised the brooch as the one she had lost a few months before.

    Sentence #8556523 from Tatoeba

How 枚 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 枚 (méi) with each of its parts in a different colour
枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 攵 (pū) hints at the sound. Compare it with méi.

How to write 枚

枚 8 strokes

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枚 (méi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 枚 (méi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 枚

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FAQs

枚 (méi) means “(measure word for coins, medals, rings etc.)” or “classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 个)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it méi: méi with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 枚 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 枚 from the suggestions. Typing mei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
枚 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.