枚
the stalk of a shrub, the trunk of a tree; surname Mei; classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
- Strokes
- 8
- Pinyin
- méi
Parts
Words with 枚
- 枚乘méi chéng · meichengMei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
- 枚卜méi bǔ · meibuto choose officials by divination (archaic); to practice divination without a definite question
- 枚举méi jǔ · meijuto enumerate
- 猜枚cāi méi · caimeidrinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
- 袁枚yuán méi · yuanmeiYuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家[Qian2 Jia1 San1 Da4 jia1]
- 不胜枚举bù shèng méi jǔ · bushengmeijutoo numerous to mention individually or one by one
- 不可枚举bù kě méi jǔ · bukemeijuinnumerable (idiom)
- 钳马衔枚qián mǎ xián méi · qianmaxianmeiwith horses and soldiers gagged (idiom); (of a marching army) in utter silence
- 马工枚速mǎ gōng méi sù · magongmeisuSima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom); to each his good points