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咪

Mandarin · pinyin mī

Meanings

  1. sound for calling a cat
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咪
mī · sound of cat, cat's meow; meter; (Cant.) don't!
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1 · mi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mai1 · mai5 · mai6 · mei1 · mi1

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. meow
  2. sound used to call a cat
  3. used in 咪咪 (mīmī, “(slang) breasts; tits; boobs”)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Hokkien) sound used to call a duck, etc. (often reduplicated)
  2. (Hokkien, endearing) Suffix used to refer to certain poultry and livestock.
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, childish) duck

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Cantonese) When used with 囉／啰 (lo¹) at the end of a phrase, used to spell out something obvious.
  2. (Cantonese) When used with 囉／啰 (lo¹) or rising intonation at the end of a phrase, used to connect a condition to a result or suggestion.
  3. (Cantonese) Used as the negative of 係／系 (hai⁶) when asking a question.

character · Etymology 4

  1. (Cantonese, imperative) don't

character · Etymology 5

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) microphone (Classifier: 支 c)

character · Etymology 6

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) only used in 咪唑 (mǐzuò, “imidazole”)

character · Etymology 7

  1. (obsolete or Cantonese) mile
  2. (Cantonese, informal) mile per hour
  3. (Cantonese, informal) kilometre per hour

character · Etymology 8

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, transitive) to study hard

character · Etymology 9

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, transitive) to peel with a knife
  2. (Cantonese, Hakka, transitive) to pinch (with fingernails)

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