妹紙

See also: 妹纸

Chinese

		younger sister	phonetic
trad. (妹紙)		妹	紙
simp. (妹纸)		妹	纸

Etymology

From 妹子 (mèizi, “younger sister, young female”), with replacement of the diminutive suffix 子 (zǐ, “child, son”) by the close-sounding retroflexed counterpart 紙／纸 (zhǐ, “paper”). See also 孩紙／孩纸 (háizhǐ, “child, kid”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèizhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄓˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèizhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèijhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴-chih³
  - Yale: mèi-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyjyy
  - Palladius: мэйчжи (mɛjčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

妹紙

(neologism, colloquial, humorous) young female (usually one who is intimate to the speaker); babe; girlfriend

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