# 阿妹
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āmèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄇㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^3$ mui$^{6-2}$ / aa$^3$ mui$^{6-1}$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): a-mê / a-mai / a-môe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): a$^1$ muê$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$aq-me
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āmèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: amèi
*** Wade–Giles: a$^1$-mei$^4$
*** Yale: ā-mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amey
*** Palladius: амэй (amɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^3$ mui$^{6-2}$ / aa$^3$ mui$^{6-1}$
*** Yale: a múi / a mūi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^3$ mui$^{6-2}$ / aa$^3$ mui$^{6-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^3$ mui$^{6-2}$ / a$^3$ mui$^{6-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː³³ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /aː³³ muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mê
*** Tâi-lô: a-mê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amee
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ mẽ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mẽ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mai
*** Tâi-lô: a-mai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amay
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mãi⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-môe
*** Tâi-lô: a-muê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: amoee
*** IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mue²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: a$^1$ muê$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a muē
*** Sinological IPA : /a³³⁻²³ mue¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$aq-me
*** MiniDict: ah$^入$ me
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$aq-me
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ³³ me⁴⁴/

### Noun

阿妹
* (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Wu) younger sister

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 妹, 女弟 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妹妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 妹妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妹妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 老妹兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 老妹兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 妹妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老妹兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 妹妹, 妹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 妹妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 妹妹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妹妹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 妹妹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 妹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 妹妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 妹子, 妹妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 妹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 妹妹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 妹妹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 妹妹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 妹妹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 妹妹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 妹妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 妹兒, 妹妹, 妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 妹妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 妹子, 妹妹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 妹子, 妹, 老妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 妹妹, 妹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 妹妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 妹子, 妹妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 妹妹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 妹兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 細妹, 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 細妹, 妹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 妹子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 妹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 小妹 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老妹 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 老妹, 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老姑 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 阿妹 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 細妹, 阿妹, 妹 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 細妹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 妹子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 妹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老妹, 妹老子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老妹, 老妹仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿妹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 老妹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 妹 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老妹, 妹 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 妹佬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿妹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老妹 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿妹, 老妹 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 妹 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 妹妹, 女妹 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 令妹兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 令妹, 令妹兒 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 奶妹兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 妹吶 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 女妹仂, 女妹, 妹 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 小妹, 妹哩 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 妹子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 妹妹, 妹子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姊妹 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Linhe | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Jining | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Baotou | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 妹妹 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 妹妹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妹仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 妹仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 妹仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 妹 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 妹 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 妹仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 妹仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 妹仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 依妹, 妹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 依妹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 阿妹 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 依妹 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 妹 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 妹 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 妹 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 姊妹 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 阿妹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 阿妹 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依妹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 細妹子 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 小妹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿妹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 妹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阿妹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 妹, 妹妹, 阿妹 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿妹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿妹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿妹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 尼妹, 妹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿妹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿妹, 小妹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 妹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 妹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 妹 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 阿妹 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 妹 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 妹 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 阿妹 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 妹 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 妹 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 妹 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 妹 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 妹 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 妹 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 妹 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 妹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿妹, 妹妹, 姊妹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姊妹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 妹子, 妹妹 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 妹子, 妹妹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 妹子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 阿妹, 妹妹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿妹, 妹妹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿妹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 妹, 妹妹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老妹, 妹妹 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 老妹 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 妹妹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 妹妹 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 妹妹 |

#### Descendants

* → English: Ah Moi
* → Indonesian: amoi
* → Macanese: amui
* → Malay: amoi
* → Peranakan Indonesian: amoi
* → Petjo: amoi