撩妹

Chinese

		stitch; take; tease stitch; take; tease; lift up (skirt); pull up (sleeve)	younger sister
trad. (撩妹)		撩	妹
simp. #(撩妹)		撩	妹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáomèi, liāomèi, liàomèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄟˋ, ㄌㄧㄠ ㄇㄟˋ, ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáomèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáomèi
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-mei⁴
    • Yale: lyáu-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaumey
    • Palladius: ляомэй (ljaomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liāomèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liaomèi
    • Wade–Giles: liao¹-mei⁴
    • Yale: lyāu-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhiaumey
    • Palladius: ляомэй (ljaomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàomèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàomèi
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: lyàu-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liawmey
    • Palladius: ляомэй (ljaomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

撩妹

1. (slang, neologism) to pick up a girl; to hit on a girl

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泡妞 (“to pick up a girl; to chase after a girl; to hit on a girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	泡妞, 拍婆子 dated
	Taiwan	泡妞, 泡馬子, 撩妹, 把妹, 把馬子
	Singapore	泡妞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	溝女
	Hong Kong	溝女, 𠝹女, yo女
Southern Min	Taipei	奅查某 GT, 奅姼仔 GT
	Shantou	釣女
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)