Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 冬梅, 东梅, 东妹, 东美, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /tʊŋ.meɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 冬 (dōng) meaning "winter" or 东 (dōng) meaning "east" combined with 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot", 妹 (mèi) meaning "younger sister, girl" or 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful". Other character combinations can form this name as well.