méi 
		plum
plum flower
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			méi yǔ 
		Asian rainy season
monsoon
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yáng méi 
		Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yáng méi 
		red bayberry
Chinese bayberry
Japanese bayberry
Myrica rubra
CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Huáng méi 
		Huangmei county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jīn píng méi 
		Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qīng méi zhú mǎ 
		lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
fig. innocent children's games
childhood sweethearts
a couple who grew up as childhood friends
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Huáng méi xì 
		Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi zhōu 
		Meizhou prefecture level city in Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi shān 
		Meishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			méi huā 
		plum blossom
clubs ♣ (a suit in card games)
wintersweet (dialect)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi xiàn 
		Meixian county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi sēn 
		Martin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi dé wéi jié fū 
		Medvedyev (name)
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, President of Russian Federation from 2008
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi Lán fāng 
		Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi zhōu shì 
		Meizhou prefecture level city in Guangdong province
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi jiāng 
		Meijiang district of Meizhou city 梅州市, Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi lǐ xuě shān 
		Meilixue or Meri snow mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			suān méi 
		pickled plum
Japanese umeboshi
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi luò 
		Melo (city in Uruguay)
Merlot (grape type)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi hé kǒu 
		Meihekou county level city in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huà méi 
		plum candy
preserved plum
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yáng méi zhèn 
		Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tà xuě xún méi 
		to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi liè 
		Meilie district of Sanming city 三明市[San1 ming2 shi4], Fujian
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi shì 
		Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wàng méi zhǐ kě 
		lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
fig. to console oneself with illusions
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Huáng méi xiàn 
		Huangmei county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi hé kǒu shì 
		Meihekou county level city in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi jiāng qū 
		Meijiang district of Meizhou city 梅州市, Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi shān xiāng 
		Meishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi liè qū 
		Meilie district of Sanming city 三明市[San1 ming2 shi4], Fujian
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kǎ nèi jī Méi lóng dà xué 
		Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi lǐ sī 
		Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Méi sài dé sī Bēn chí 
		Mercedes Benz
abbr. to 奔馳|奔驰[Ben1 chi2]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Xiāng méi 
		Chen Xiangmei (1925-), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, widow of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			méi hé qì 
		(TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm