Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

li hing mui

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: li hing -mui
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese, perhaps 旅行梅 (leoi5 hang4 mui4-2, literally “travelling plum”), via Hawaii.

Frequently Paired Words

mui

Questions

What does li hing mui mean?: crack seed
Where does li hing mui come from?: Borrowed from Cantonese, perhaps 旅行梅 (leoi5 hang4 mui4-2, literally “travelling plum”), via Hawaii.

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