妹妹 mèimei▶ hermana menor

Stroke order

妹妹 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 妹 — 8 strokes
• 妹 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. younger sister
2. young woman

Example sentences

• 妹妹在学校学习汉语。Mèimei zài xuéxiào xuéxí Hànyǔ.My younger sister studies Chinese at school.
• 她比妹妹大三岁。Tā bǐ mèimei dà sān suì.She is three years older than her younger sister.
• 妹妹是学生。Mèimei shì xuéshēng.My younger sister is a student.
• 她妹妹很可爱。Tā mèimei hěn kě'ài.Her younger sister is very cute.

Related words

• 弟弟hermano menor
• 丈夫marido, esposo

妹妹 is pronounced mèimei and means “hermana menor”. HSK 2 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 妹妹 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.