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From :   BooBoo

Date : 2008-11-05 / 07:26AM

Benny, I listened to Rainie Yang’s song called Ai Mei. What does it mean? By the way, last time I asked about how to say she’s cheap? you said tā hěn pián yì. So pian yi can also mean stingy? I’m lil bit confused ;p .

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-11-05 / 09:30AM

Hi BooBoo,

Pian2 yi4 only means cheap, stingy means “lin4 se4”.

ai4 mei4 has no specific word in English

There’re two basic meanings/contexts for ai4 mei4
:
1. (Someone’s attitude/reaction): ambiguous/equivocal.

2. (Someone’s behavior/relationship): shady/dubious/questionable.

Benny



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