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咪 U+54AA, 咪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AA
← 咩
[U+54A9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咫 →
[U+54AB]

Translingual

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Han character

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咪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 口火木 (RFD), four-corner 69094, composition ⿰口米)

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ).

Etymology 1

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trad. 咪
simp. # 咪

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Note: “sound used to call a cat”.

Definitions

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咪

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

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trad. 咪
simp. # 咪

Pronunciation

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咪

  1. (Hokkien) sound used to call a duck, etc. (often reduplicated)
  2. (Hokkien, endearing) Suffix used to refer to certain poultry and livestock.
    鴨咪／鸭咪 [Hokkien]  ―  ah-bî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  ducky
    貓咪／猫咪 [Hokkien]  ―  bâ-bî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  kitty
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, childish) duck
    咪咪 [Hokkien]  ―  bi-bi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  (childish) duck

Etymology 3

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Contraction of 唔係 / 唔系 (m4 hai6).

Pronunciation

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咪 (Cantonese)

  1. When used with 囉／啰 (lo1) at the end of a phrase, used to spell out something obvious.
    本書咪已經還返畀你囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    本书咪已经还返畀你啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    bun2 syu1 mai6 ji5 ging1 waan4 faan1 bei2 nei5 lo1. [Jyutping]
    I've already given the book back to you, haven't I?
  2. 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.
    你想睇戲咪買飛囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你想睇戏咪买飞啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 soeng2 tai2 hei3 mai6 maai5 fei1 lo1. [Jyutping]
    If you want to watch a movie, then buy your tickets.
    你食埋咁多煎炸嘢咪好熱氣？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你食埋咁多煎炸嘢咪好热气？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 sik6 maai4 gam3 do1 zin1 zaa3 je5 mai6 hou2 jit6 hei3? [Jyutping]
    If you're eating so much fried stuff, won't you build up a lot of internal heat?
  3. Used as the negative of 係／系 (hai6) when asking a question.
    佢哋係咪返嗮屋企喇？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢哋系咪返嗮屋企喇？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 dei6 hai6 mai6 faan1 saai3 uk1 kei2 laa3? [Jyutping]
    Did they all go home?

Etymology 4

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Possibly a contraction of 唔使 (m4 sai2) (Bai, 2003).

Pronunciation

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咪

  1. (Cantonese, imperative) don't
    咪咁多事啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    mai2 gam3 do1 si6 laa1! [Jyutping]
    Don't be so nosy!
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 別, 別價
Taiwan 別, 不要
Harbin 別
Malaysia 不要
Singapore 不要
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 別
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嫑, 甭1, 休
Wanrong 嫑, 不要
Xi'an 嫑, 不敢
Xining 嫑
Xuzhou 嫑, 休
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 不要
Ürümqi 嫑
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 莫1, 不要, 嫑
Wuhan 莫1, 不
Guiyang 不要
Guilin 莫1, 不要
Liuzhou 莫1, 莫要
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 莫1
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 不要
Yangzhou 莫1, 不要
Hefei 別, 不要
Cantonese Guangzhou 咪, 咪個, 唔好
Hong Kong 咪, 唔好, 冇, 咪個 dated
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 唔好
Macau 唔要
Foshan (Shunde) 咪
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 咪
Zhuhai (Doumen) 唔好
Taishan 唔好
Kaiping (Chikan) 唔好
Dongguan 咪, 唔好
Shaoguan 咪
Yunfu 咪, 唔好
Yangjiang 莫1, 無好
Xinyi 毛
Lianjiang 冇
Nanning 冇要
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 咪
Singapore (Guangfu) 咪, 唔好
Gan Nanchang 莫1
Lichuan 毋要, 不要
Pingxiang 不要
Hakka Meixian 莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
Xingning 毋愛
Huidong (Daling) 毋好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 毋好
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 毋好
Changting 毋要
Liancheng 毋要
Ninghua 毋要
Yudu 毋要, 毋敢
Ruijin 毋要
Shicheng 毋要
Shangyou (Shexi) 毋要
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 莫1, 毋好
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 莫1, 毋好
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 莫1, 毋好
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 莫1, 毋好
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 莫1, 毋好
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 莫2, 毋好
Hong Kong 毋好
Sabah (Longchuan) 毋愛
Senai (Huiyang) 毋好
Kuching (Hepo) 唔愛
Huizhou Jixi 不要, 嫑
Shexian 不要, 嫑
Huangshan (Tunxi) 不要, 嫑
Jin Taiyuan 不要, 不敢
Xinzhou 不要, 嫑, 播
Northern Min Jian'ou 伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Pucheng (Shibei) 伓敢
Eastern Min Fuzhou 伓通, 毋
Fuqing 伓通
Matsu 毋
Southern Min Xiamen 毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
Quanzhou 毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用, 汰
Zhangzhou 毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
Zhao'an 孬
Taipei 莫2
New Taipei (Sanxia) 莫去
Kaohsiung 莫2
Yilan 毋通, 莫2
Changhua (Lukang) 莫2
Tainan 莫2, 甭2
Penang (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭2
Singapore (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭2
Manila (Hokkien) 毋通, 甭2
Pingnan (Shangdu) 別
Chaozhou 孬, 莫2
Shantou 孬, 莫2
Shantou (Chaoyang) 莫2
Jieyang 孬, 莫2
Haifeng 莫2
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 孬
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 孬
Penang (Teochew) 莫2
Singapore (Teochew) 莫2, 孬
Leizhou 無地
Haikou 無用, 莫2, 無莫
Qionghai 無用
Singapore (Hainanese) 無用
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 冇要
Wu Shanghai 勿要, 𧟰
Shanghai (Chongming) 拗
Suzhou 𧟰
Wuxi 𧟰
Nantong (Haimen) 拗, 拗要, 弗要
Danyang 弗要, 𫸻
Hangzhou 嫑
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 弗要, 消, 𧟰
Ningbo 莫, 甮
Wenzhou 𧟰
Lishui ⿰毋樂
Qingyuan ⿰否樂
Jinhua 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang Changsha 莫1, 不要
Loudi 不要, 莫1
Shuangfeng 莫1
Quanzhou 別

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Etymology 5

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Borrowed from English microphone or mic.

Pronunciation

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咪 (Cantonese, Hakka)

  1. microphone (Classifier: 支 c)
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風
Northeastern 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
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Etymology 6

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Pronunciation

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咪

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

Etymology 7

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Borrowed from English mile.

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咪

  1. (obsolete or Cantonese) mile
  2. (Cantonese, informal) mile per hour
  3. (Cantonese, informal) kilometre per hour
    呢度行六十咪㗎咋喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢度行六十咪㗎咋㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei1 dou6 haang4 luk6 sap6 mai1 gaa3 zaa3 wo3. [Jyutping]
    You should only be driving at 60 km/h.

Etymology 8

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trad. 咪
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alternative forms 冞

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Pronunciation

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咪 (Cantonese, transitive)

  1. to study hard

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Etymology 9

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trad. 咪
simp. # 咪
alternative forms 劘

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咪 (Cantonese, transitive)

  1. to peel with a knife
  2. to pinch (with fingernails)

Etymology 10

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For pronunciation and definitions of 咪 – see 米 (“metre”).
(This character is a variant form of 米).

Etymology 11

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For pronunciation and definitions of 咪 – see 咩 (“the call of a sheep”).
(This character is a variant form of 咩).

Japanese

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Kanji

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咪

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. baa (bleating of a sheep)
  2. meter

Readings

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  • Go-on: み (mi)
  • Kan-on: び (bi)
  • Kun: メートル (mētoru, 咪)

Korean

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Hanja

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咪 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)

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咪: Hán Nôm readings: mễ

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References

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