Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 月梅, 粤梅, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɥɛ.meɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 月 (yuè) meaning "moon" or 粤 (yuè) referring to Guandong province and the Cantonese people combined with 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot". This name can be formed from other character combinations as well.