霉霉

Méiméi

proper noun

Meanings

1 Taylor Swift (Chinese fan nickname)

About Taylor Swift

born 1989 · 歌手 singer

American singer-songwriter who moved from country music to pop with albums like 1989 and is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. This is the nickname her Chinese fans use.

Also called 泰勒·斯威夫特、泰勒丝

Characters

霉

méi

mold, bad luck

Examples

HSK 5

霉霉的演唱会票很难抢。

Méiméi de yǎnchànghuì piào hěn nán qiǎng.

Taylor Swift's concert tickets are very hard to grab.

HSK 7-9

我是霉霉的粉丝。

Wǒ shì Méiméi de fěnsī.

I'm a Taylor Swift fan.

Tips

usage

The 霉 here is not 'mould' but the 霉 of 倒霉 'unlucky': Chinese fans teased her for her run of bad luck, and doubling the syllable turned the joke into a pet name. It is now common enough that Chinese state media use it too.

In Pop Culture

霉霉 Méiméi

Taylor Swift

American singer-songwriter (born 1989). Chinese fans call her 霉霉; her core song catalog and the Eras Tour are huge on Weibo and Xiaohongshu.

Stroke Order

霉 méi

霉霉