咪
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
咪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口火木 (RFD), four-corner 69094, composition ⿰口米)
References[edit]
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3541
- Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 35
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 622, character 7
- Unihan data for U+54AA
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ).
Etymology 1[edit]
| trad. | 咪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 咪 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction of 唔係／唔系 (m4 hai6).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪 (Cantonese)
- When used with 囉／啰 (lo1) at the end of a phrase, used to spell out something obvious.
- 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.
- Used as the negative of 係／系 (hai6) when asking a question.
Etymology 3[edit]
Possibly a contraction of 唔使 (m4 sai2) (Bai, 2003).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪
Synonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Borrowed from English microphone or mic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
- microphone (Classifier: 支 c)
Synonyms[edit]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 麥克風, 話筒, 麥 |
| Singapore | 麥克風 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 話筒 |
| Hong Kong | 咪, 咪高峰 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 咪, 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥克 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麥克 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥克 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥克, 放送頭 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥克 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥克 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麥克 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 麥克 | |
| Shantou | 麥克風, 話筒 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wenzhou | 話筒, 麥 | |
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 5[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪
- Only used in 咪唑 (mǐzuò, “imidazole”).
Etymology 6[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪
- (obsolete or Cantonese) mile
- (Cantonese, informal) mile per hour
- (Cantonese, informal) kilometre per hour
Etymology 7[edit]
| trad. | 咪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 咪 | |
| alternative forms | 冞 | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪 (Cantonese)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 8[edit]
| trad. | 咪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 咪 | |
| alternative forms | 劘 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咪 (Cantonese)
- to peel with a knife
- to pinch (with fingernails)
Etymology 9[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of 咪 – see 米 (“metre”). (This character is a variant form of 米). |
Etymology 10[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of 咪 – see 咩 (“the call of a sheep”). (This character is a variant form of 咩). |
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
咪
Readings[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
咪 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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