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糜

Mandarin · pinyin méi#

millet

Mandarin · pinyin mí#

rice gruel
rotten
to waste (money)

Mandarin · pinyin Mí#

surname Mi

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糜: mí · méi · rice gruel, congee; mashed rice

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2 · mei2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mai4 · mei4

Cantonese word readings for 糜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

mushy; rotten
to waste; to spend extravagantly
to damage
a surname

character

(literary or Hakka, Southern Min, dialectal Eastern Min, Shehua) congee
(Fuzhou Eastern Min) thick congee (with less water than 粥)
(Hainanese) cooked rice (general term, including congee)
(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) meal
congee-like substance; viscous substance; paste

character

proso millet (especially non-sticky varieties)

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