Meaning
each; every
Chinese: 每一个、各个。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “mei” becomes a different word in each tone. 每 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 每当měi dāngwhenever; every time
- 每逢měi féngevery time; on each occasion; whenever
- 每人měi réneach person; everybody; per person
- 每个měi gèeach; every
- 每年měi niánevery year; each year; yearly
Example Sentence
我每天早上都喝一杯牛奶。Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shang dōu hē yì bēi niú nǎi.I drink a glass of milk every morning.
我WǒI每天měi tiānevery day早上zǎo shangearly morning都dōuall喝hēto drink一yìone杯bēicup牛奶niú nǎicow's milk。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
An old graph of a woman with hairpins. It is used to mean ‘each, every; per; (literary) often’ (每天, 每个, 每年).
A way to remember it
‘Each / every / per’: 每天 (every day), 每个 (each).
Easy to confuse with
- 母‘Mother’: the lower part of 每, without the top.