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瞇

简眯 · 繁瞇

Mandarin · pinyin mī

to narrow one's eyes
to squint
(dialect) to take a nap

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mai4 · mai5 · mei1 · mi1

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character · Etymology 1

to squint; to narrow one's eyes
(dialectal, colloquial) to take a nap; to doze off
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be sound asleep; to be fast asleep
(Hokkien) to look at someone indirectly
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to look furtively; to look stealthily
(Shiqi Cantonese, Zhongshan Min) to sleep
(Teochew) to close one's eyes

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