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U+4E5C, 乜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5C

[U+4E5B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E5D]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 5, +1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 心弓 (PN) or 心尸 (PS) or 難心弓 (XPN), four-corner 47712, composition or 𠃌)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 166
  • Dae Jaweon: page 168, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 49, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4E5C

Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp. #

From (MC mjut) (Lien, 2013; Chor and Lam, 2023).

Also compare Zhuang maz (what).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: mêh4 - Jieyang.

Definitions[edit]

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) what
    [Cantonese]  ―  jiu3 di1 mat1? [Jyutping]  ―  What do you want?
    [Teochew]  ―  ain3 mih4 gai5? [Peng'im]  ―  What do you want?
  2. (Cantonese) anything; everything
    [Cantonese]  ―  mat1 dou1 dak1 [Jyutping]  ―  anything goes
  3. (Cantonese) why; how come
    [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    mat1 nei5 gam3 so4 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    How come you're so stupid?
  4. (Cantonese) Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.
    食飯 [Cantonese, trad.]
    食饭 [Cantonese, simp.]
    mat1 nei5 mei6 sik6 faan6 gaa4? [Jyutping]
    So you haven't eaten yet?
    消息 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    mat1 zung6 mei6 jau5 keoi5 ge3 siu1 sik1 me1? [Jyutping]
    So we still don't have any news about him?
Usage notes[edit]

In Teochew, when used to mean "what", this word should always be immediately followed by a noun. Otherwise, use 乜個乜个.

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. to narrow one's eyes and squint

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

trad.
simp. #
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Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mjaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/miaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/miaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miaX/
Li
Rong
/miaX/
Wang
Li
/mĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
miě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
me5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9114
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mjaːʔ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. a surname, listed 388th in the Baijiaxing

Etymology 4[edit]

trad.
simp. #

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

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Definitions[edit]

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) that
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

trad.
simp. #

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (Hakka) also
Synonyms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to squint

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 사팔뜨기 (sapaltteugi mya))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Việt readings: khiết[1]

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References[edit]