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{{also|mei|méi|mèi|Méi|měi|me'i|Méï}}
==Translingual==

===Etymology===
From {{der|mul|cmn|-}} {{zh-l|寐||sleep}} (such that the name of the type species means "sleeping dragon").

===Proper noun===
†{{taxoninfl|i=1|g=?}}

# {{taxon|genus|family|Troodontidae|a [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the Early [[Cretaceous]] of [[China]]}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{sense|genus}} †{{taxfmt|Mei long|species}}&nbsp;- sole species

===References===
* {{pedia|Mei (dinosaur)|''Mei'' (dinosaur)}}
* {{specieslite|Troodontidae}}
* {{comcatlite|Troodontidae}}
* {{R:PaleoDB|68249|Mei}}

==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|mā}}, {{IPA|en|/meɪ/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|en|cmn|美||beautiful|tr=měi}}, a common Chinese given name among women.

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{given name|en|female|from=Mandarin}}

===Etymology 2===
Typically renders the common Chinese surnames {{bor|en|cmn|梅|lit=plum|tr=méi}} and {{bor|en|cmn|枚||lit=tree trunk|tr=méi}}.

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{surname|en||from=Mandarin}}.

===Etymology 3===
{{commonscat|Mei County}}
From {{bor|en|cmn|^眉}}.

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{place|en|county|prefecture-level city/Baoji|province/Shaanxi|c/China}}.
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|date=23 May 1969
|origdate=19 May 1969
|title=Activities in Shensi
|journal=Daily Report: Communist China
|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049261251&seq=783
|url2=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1QcAAAAMAAJ
|publisher=w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service
|volume=I
|issue=100
|issn=0892-0141
|OCLC=1113433
|page=H 3
|pageurl=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049261251&seq=824
|text=The Paochi Special District Revolutionary Committee held an on-the-spot symposium on implementation of policies in '''Mei''' County and exemplary models were set up later in the various countries and communes.}}
#* {{quote-web
|en
|date=October 15, 2010
|title=Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain
|editor=zh:叶欣
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523142113/http://en.people.cn/90001/90782/7167531.html
|archivedate=23 May 2015
|work=w:People's Daily
|text=The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice{{sic|Province}} recently spread among local residents of '''Mei''' County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?<br>''Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?''<br>Reporters interviewed many residents of '''Mei''' County, and their accounts varied.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|county}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|眉|tr=Méi}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Further reading====
* {{cite-book|en|year=1998|chapter=Mei Xian|editor={{w|Saul B. Cohen}}|title=The Columbia Gazetteer of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/|volume=2|location=New York|publisher={{w|Columbia University Press}}|isbn=0-231-11040-5|lccn=98-071262|oclc=164337564|page=1942|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1942/|column=3}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eim|EMI|IME|MIE|Mie}}

==Afrikaans==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Mei.wav}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|Meimaande}}

# [[May]]

====See also====
{{list:Gregorian calendar months/af}}

==Hawaiian==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|haw|en|May}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{haw-IPA}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|haw|proper noun}}

# [[May]] (month)
# {{given name|haw|female|from=English}}

====See also====
* {{list:Gregorian calendar months/haw}}

===References===
* Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, ''Hawaiian Dictionary'', University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
* [http://www.ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records] the name Mei does not appear in 19th century marriage records.

==Hunsrik==

===Verb===
{{head|hrx|verb}}

# {{alt form|hrx|Meu}}

==Indonesian==
{{wikipedia|lang=id}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|id|nl|mei}}, from {{der|id|la|māius||Maia's month}}, from {{m|la|Maia}}, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from {{der|id|ine-pro|*magya|gloss=she who is great}}, from {{der|id|ine-pro|*méǵh₂s|gloss=great}}. Cognate with {{cog|af|Mei}}, {{cog|ms|Mei}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{id-pr|méi}}

===Proper noun===
{{id-proper noun|head=Méi}}

# [[May]]

====Coordinate terms====
* {{Months in Indonesian}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

{{C|id|Gregorian calendar months}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Etymology===
{{rfe|it}}

===Proper noun===
{{it-proper noun|mfbysense}}

# {{surname|it}}

==Malay==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|ms|en|May}}, from {{uder|ms|enm|-}}, from {{uder|ms|ang|-}}, from {{uder|ms|fro|mai}}, from {{uder|ms|la|māius}}, from {{m|la|Maia}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{ms-IPA|méi}}
* {{rhymes|ms|me|e}}

===Proper noun===
{{ms-proper noun|head=Méi|j=مي}}

# [[May]] {{gloss|fifth month of the Gregorian calendar}}

{{C|ms|Gregorian calendar months}}

==Maori==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|mi|en|May}}.

===Proper noun===
{{mi-proper noun}}

# [[May]] (month)

====See also====
* {{list:Gregorian calendar months/mi}}

==Plautdietsch==

===Noun===
{{head|pdt|proper noun|g=m|plural|Meien}}

# [[May]]

{{C|pdt|Months}}

==Swahili==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|sw|en|May}}.<ref>{{R:sw:Batibo:1996|page=39}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-Mei.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|sw|proper noun}}

# [[May]]

====See also====
{{list:Gregorian calendar months/sw}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

==Tok Pisin==

===Etymology===
From {{der|tpi|en|May}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|tpi|proper noun}}

# [[May]] (month)

====See also====
{{list:Gregorian calendar months/tpi}}