老妹

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	younger sister
trad. (老妹)	老	妹
simp. ^#(老妹)	老	妹
alternative forms	佬妹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomèi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄟˋ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ló-moi

(Hailu, HRS): lo^ˊ moi^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ moi⁴
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau³ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomèi
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-mei⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomey
  - Palladius: лаомэй (laomɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-moi
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ moi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ moi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ moi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˊ moi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ moi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau³ moi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ moɪ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯⁴¹ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/

Noun

老妹

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Hakka, Datian Min, Central Min, Jiangle Min, Xiang) younger sister
- (Can we date this quote?), “佬妹阿花”, 张少林 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 张少林:
  
  雅佬妹喊做阿花 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad. and simp.]
  My sister is called Ah Fa

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map]

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

Derived terms

老妹婿