méi
Pinyin

Definition

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méi
  1. bacteria
  2. fungi
  3. moldy
霉 (黴)
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méi
  1. variant of 霉[méi]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
fā méi
  1. 1 to become moldy
méi sù
  1. 1 teichomycin
  2. 2 -mycin
méi yùn
  1. 1 ill luck
  2. 2 misfortune
dǎo méi dàn
  1. 1 (coll.) poor devil
  2. 2 unfortunate man

Sample Sentences

不知道啊,今年很倒霉。
bù zhīdào a ,jīnnián hěn dǎoméi 。
I have no idea. I'm in bad luck this year.
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用来放毛笔的东西叫做“笔帘”,可以随身携带毛笔,笔帘通风,就不用担心毛笔发霉。
yònglái fàng máobǐ de dōngxi jiàozuò “bǐlián ”,kěyǐ suíshēn xiédài máobǐ ,bǐlián tōngfēng ,jiù bùyòng dānxīn máobǐ fāméi 。
The item we use to store the pens are called "bi lian - pen curtain". You can bring it with you anywhere. It keeps the brushes aired so you don't have to worry about the brushes going mouldy.
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真是狗嘴里吐不出象牙来啊,也难怪优雅的仙女儿成了前任,不过你说的美联航那事儿也确实让人大跌眼镜,空乘人员怎么能对乘客施行暴力呢?我宁可没桃花也不希望坐飞机遇到这种倒霉事儿。
zhēnshi gǒuzuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá lái ā ,yě nánguài yōuyǎ de xiānnǚr chéng le qiánrèn ,bùguò nǐ shuō de Měiliánháng nà shìr yě quèshí ràng rén dà diēyǎnjìng ,kōngchéng rényuán zěnme néng duì chéngkè shīxíng bàolì ne ?wǒ nìngkě méi táohuā yě bù xīwàng zuò fēijī yùdào zhèzhǒng dǎoméi shìr 。
Tut tut, I suppose you can’t expect wise words from a scoundrel. No wonder the elegant goddess is now an ex, but the incident with United Airlines you brought up really was quite shocking. How can airline staff be violent with passengers? I’d rather have no one who likes me, than to come upon bad luck like that while flying.
这个公关危机也实在倒霉欸!
zhège gōngguān wēijī yě shízài dǎoméi ǎi !
The PR crisis is so unfortunate.
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今天倒霉死了。
jīntiān dǎoméi sǐ le 。
I am so unlucky today.
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今晚咱们真是倒霉啊!
jīnwǎn zánmen zhēn shì dǎoméi ā !
We are so unlucky tonight!
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你说:“我今天很倒霉,出门踩到了狗屎。”你的朋友们看到了以后就都点赞了。
nǐ shuō :“wǒ jīntiān hěn dǎoméi ,chūmén cǎi dào le gǒushǐ 。”nǐ de péngyoumen kàndào le yǐhòu jiù dōu diǎnzàn le 。
You say: “Today I've had really bad luck. When I went outside, I stepped in dog poo.” After your friends see it, the can all “like” it.
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不行不行,寺里不能拍照的,会带来霉运的。
bùxíng bùxíng ,sì lǐ bùnéng pāizhào de ,huì dàilái méiyùn de 。
No, you can't! You can't take pictures in the temple. It brings bad luck.
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别的也一样,这种人哪里都有。今天真倒霉!
bié de yě yīyàng ,zhè zhǒng rén nǎlǐ dōu yǒu 。jīntiān zhēn dǎoméi !
The others are the same. There are people like this everywhere. Today just sucks.
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今天真倒霉,我坐错车了。
jīntiān zhēn dǎoméi ,wǒ zuò cuò chē le 。
I was really unlucky today. I took the wrong bus.
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