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集美

Mandarin · pinyin jí měi#

(slang) close female friend; sis (near homophone of 姐妹 jiě mèi)

Mandarin · pinyin Jí měi#

see 集美區 Jí měi Qū

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集: jí · assemble, collect together
美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing

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2–3 · ji2 mei3

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name

(～區) Jimei (a district of Xiamen, Fujian, China)

noun

(Mainland China, Mandarin, Internet slang, originally endearing, now sarcastic and possibly offensive) alternative form of 姐妹 (jiěmèi, “elder sister and younger sister; sisters; fellows”)

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