mèi

younger sister

woman (女) + sound mèi (未) = younger sister

女 anchors the meaning as female. 未 mainly contributes the sound mèi; it doesn't tell you 'younger' — that nuance comes from context and convention within the sibling vocabulary.

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比我小三岁。

wǒ mèi bǐ wǒ xiǎo sān suì。

My younger sister is three years younger than me.

每天都骑车去上学。

tā mèi měi tiān dōu qí chē qù shàng xué。

His younger sister rides a bike to school every day.

Words with 妹

阿妹

ā mèi

younger sister

靓妹

liàng mèi

pretty girl

咸水妹

xián shuǐ mèi

(dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid")

龙妹

lóng mèi

ugly girl (slang) (Tw)

七姊妹星团

qī zǐ mèi xīng tuán

Pleiades M45

伊妹儿

yī mèi r

(loanword) email

兄妹

xiōng mèi

brother(s) and sister(s)

兄弟姐妹

xiōng dì jiě mèi

brothers and sisters

台妹

tái mèi

local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人[ben3 sheng3 ren2])

同胞兄妹

tóng bāo xiōng mèi

sibling

堂妹

táng mèi

younger female patrilineal cousin

堂妹夫

táng mèi fu

husband of younger female cousin via male line

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