Appendix:Mienic comparative vocabulary list

The following comparative vocabulary list for 10 Mienic languages is from Mao Zongwu (2004). There are about 1,550 vocabulary items for 10 datapoints in Mao (2004). Several hundred selected items are listed in this appendix. Note that many recent Chinese loanwords and compound nouns in Mao (2004) have not been included in this appendix.

Datapoints

The comparative vocabulary chart in Mao Zongwu (2004) consists of the following languages.

1. Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi); autonym: mjen31
2. Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi); autonym: kjeːm33 mun33
3. Dongshan Biao Min; autonym: bjau31 min31
4. Daping Dzao Min; autonym: dzau53 min53
5. Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan); autonym: mjəŋ31
6. Changping Mien ( = Biao Mon); autonym: bjau31 moːn31
7. Luoxiang Mien; autonym: bjau31 mwan31
8. Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan); autonym: kiːm33 mun33
9. Shikou Biao Min ( = Chao Kong Meng); autonym: mɔu31 jɔu55
10. Niuweizhai Biao Min ( = Moxi); autonym: mɔ433 ɕi53

Classification

Mao Zongwu (2004) classifies the Mienic languages varieties of China as follows. Data points studied in Mao (2004) are also listed for each dialect.

• Mien 勉: 550,000 speakers
  • Guangdian 广滇 dialect: 400,000 speakers
    • Dapingjiang, Jianxin village, Jiangdi township, Longsheng County (龙胜县江底乡建新村大坪江屯)
    • Shinongjiao village, Daxiaohe township, Guanyang County (灌阳县大小河乡石弄脚村)
    • Xianjiacao, Liuding village, Sanjiao township, Jinxiu County (金秀县三角乡六定村仙家槽屯)
    • Fengle village, Panshi township, Rongjiang County (榕江县盘石乡丰乐村)
    • Miaozhu village, Gongkeng township, Ruyuan County (乳源县公坑乡苗竹村)
    • Shuizi'ao village, Liangchahe township, Jianghua County (江华县两岔河乡水子坳村)
    • Yanbian village, Shilixiang township, Jinping County (云南省红河哈尼族彝族自治州金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县十里香乡百岩边村)
  • Xiangnan 湘南 dialect: 130,000 speakers
    • Miaoziyuan village, Xiangjiang township, Jianghua County (湖南永州市江华瑶族自治县湘江乡庙子源村)
    • Ganziyuan village, Mianhuaping township, Ningyuan County (湖南省永州市宁远县棉花坪乡柑子园村)
  • Luoxiang 罗香 (Ao Biao 坳标) dialect: 3,000 speakers
    • Luoxiang township, Jinxiu County (广西来宾市金秀瑶族自治县罗香乡罗香村)
  • Changping 长坪 (Biao Man 标曼) dialect: 20,000 speakers in the counties of Mengshan, Pingdong, Zhaoping, and Lipu
    • Dongpingdong village, Changping township, Mengshan County (广西壮族自治区梧州市蒙山县长坪乡东坪垌村)
• Jinmen 金门: 220,000 speakers
  • Diangui 滇桂 dialect: 166,000 speakers
    • Xinzhai village, Liangzi township, Hekou County (云南省红河哈尼族彝族自治州河口瑶族自治县梁子乡新寨村)
    • Nacai village, Dulong township, Malipo County (云南省文山麻栗坡县都龙乡那才村)
    • Suoshanjiao village, Yaoqu township, Mengla County (云南省勐腊县瑶区乡梭山脚村)
    • Lanjin township, Lingyun County (广西壮族自治区百色市凌云县览金乡览金村)
    • Xintun, Jiajiang village, Sanjiao township, Jinxiu County (广西壮族自治区来宾市金秀瑶族自治县三角乡甲江村新屯)
  • Fanghai 防海 dialect: 60,000 speakers
    • Tansan township, Fangcheng County (广西壮族自治区防城县十万大山区滩散乡滩散村)
    • Xin'an village, Daping township, Qiongzhong County (海南省琼中黎族苗族自治县大平乡新安村)
• Biao Min 标敏: 40,000 speakers
  • Dongshan 东山 dialect: 35,000 speakers
    • Shuanglong, Huanglong village, Dongshan township, Quanzhou County (全州县东山乡黄龙村双龙屯)
  • Shikou 石口 dialect: 8,000 speakers
    • Shikou village, Sanjiang township, Gongcheng County (恭城县三江乡石口村)
  • Niuweizhai 牛尾寨 dialect: 2,000 speakers
    • Niuwei village, Sanjiang township, Gongcheng County (恭城县三江乡牛尾村)
• Zao Min 藻敏: 60,000 speakers
  • Daping township, Liannan County (连南县大坪乡大坪村)

List by semantic category

Nature and environment

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
天	sky	luŋ³¹	luŋ³¹	guŋ³³	guːŋ³³	ðuŋ³¹	guŋ³¹	vaŋ⁵³	lwə³¹	tʰjen³³	ɣɯ⁵³
地	earth	dau³³	dau³³	ni³¹	ni¹³	tei²²	tei¹³	a⁴⁴nɛi⁴⁴	dəi²⁴	ti¹²	ŋwjei³³
太阳	sun	bu³¹n̥oːi³³	nui³¹nwa³³	bu³³noi³¹	buː³³nɔːi³³	bə³¹nwai³³	pa³¹n̥ɔi³³	a⁴⁴nai⁴⁴	n̥i⁴²tau³¹	mwə³³nwei³³	nwai³³
月亮	moon	ɬa²⁴	a³⁵gjaŋ³³	la²¹	la³³¹	la⁵⁵	la⁵⁵	lɔu²²kɔu²⁴	la²⁴gwaŋ³³	lu⁴⁴kɔŋ³³	lɔu⁴⁴kjaŋ³³
星星	star	ɬei²⁴	ɬei³⁵	tθiŋ³⁵tau⁵⁴⁵	θiŋ³⁵	ðei⁵⁵	gei⁵⁵	hɔu⁴⁴hɛŋ⁴⁴	ɕɛ³³tsaŋ³⁵	sjaŋ³²	hɣɯi⁴⁴
虹	rainbow	tɕuŋ³³	kɔŋ³⁵	kuŋ³³kaŋ⁴⁴	kuŋ³³kaːŋ³³⁵	han²²ðəŋ³¹	pun¹¹guŋ³¹	tuŋ⁵³ŋaŋ⁴⁴tsu²⁴	klə³³	hɔŋ⁵⁵	kaŋ³³
云	cloud	mou¹³	məu¹¹	van⁴⁴	bɔn³³⁵	boːn³⁵	bwən³⁵	vɔn⁴²	hwan²⁴	vɛŋ⁴⁴	ɣɯ⁵³jəŋ⁵³
雾	fog	mou¹³	məu¹¹	baŋ²²dai⁵⁴⁵	buŋ³²daːi⁵⁵	vəm³³mau²²	vjen²¹muŋ²¹³	mu²²	ɕi⁵³mɔŋ⁴²	ŋɔŋ⁵⁵leu¹³fu³¹	mɔŋ³¹
风	wind	dzjaːu²⁴	dzja³⁵	ȡaːu⁴⁴	ȡaːu³³⁵	dzjau³⁵	dʑau³⁵	dzau⁴²	hja²⁴	jau⁴⁴	hja⁴⁴
雨	rain	bjuŋ¹³	buŋ¹¹	buŋ²²	buŋ³²	bloŋ²²	bluŋ¹¹	a⁴⁴biŋ²²	blə⁴²	pljɔŋ¹³	pɣɯ³¹
雪	snow	bwan²⁴	bwaŋ³⁵	van⁴⁴	bɔn³³⁵	bwən³⁵	bwən³⁵	ban⁴²	bin²⁴	pən⁴⁴	pwən⁴⁴
雹子	hailstone	po¹²	pɔ²¹	pjau²²	ʔpjɔ³³⁵	po²¹	ja³²plɔ³²	ban⁴²pɔu²²	bin²⁴pʰɔ⁴²	la³¹plɔu⁵⁵	pʰɔ⁵³
冰	ice	bwan²⁴	bwəŋ³⁵	kat²¹	bɔn³³⁵	θɔŋ³⁵tiŋ³³	bwən⁵⁵	ban⁴²	bin²⁴	ȵaŋ³¹dɔŋ⁴⁴	pwən⁴⁴
霜	frost	soːŋ³³	sɔŋ³³	tθɔŋ³¹	θɔːŋ¹³	θɔŋ³³	ɕɔŋ³³	sɔŋ⁴⁴	sɔ³³	ba⁵⁵sjɔŋ³³	ɕɔ³³
露	dew	bjuŋ¹³suːi⁵²	buŋ¹¹swei⁵³	buŋ²²wam³⁵	kja³³⁵vɔm³⁵	kja³⁵	ka³⁵	ta⁴²m̩²⁴	kla³⁵ən³³	sjɔŋ³³ɕi³⁵	ɕɔ³³wən³³
雷	thunder	bwo²³¹	bu³¹kəu⁵³	bu³³kɔŋ³⁵	bu³³kɔːŋ³⁵	bu³³	bu³³	bjau⁴⁴kɔŋ⁴⁴	lwəi³¹	dœn⁵⁵bu⁴⁴	pɯ⁵³kɔŋ³³
闪电	lightning	bwo²³¹liːŋ⁵³	gja²¹bu³³liŋ¹¹	buŋ³³bit²¹tou³²	buŋ³³biːt³²ʔtɔu²¹	ðja²¹ðin²²	gap³²giŋ¹¹	bjau⁴⁴mai²²	hjan⁴²kwai³⁵	fe³³tjen¹³
河	river	swaŋ³³	swəŋ³³	waŋ⁴⁴	vaːŋ³⁵	daːi³¹	ɕwəŋ³³	a⁴⁴dɔi⁵³	da³¹	twei⁵⁵	tai⁵³
海	sea	kʰoːi⁵²	kʰwa⁵³	kɔi⁴³	kʰɔːi⁴²	haːi³¹	kʰɔi⁵³	a⁴⁴hɔi²⁴	kʰwai³⁵	kai³⁵	kʰwai³⁵
湖	lake	hu³¹	hu³¹	wam³⁵dɔm³¹	dam³¹dɔ³²	hu³¹	tʰɔm¹¹glaːŋ³¹	vu²⁴	hu⁴²	həu⁵⁵	fu⁵³
水塘	pond	dʑaːŋ³¹	gaŋ³¹	wam³⁵dlaŋ¹³	glaːŋ³³	wəm³³glaːŋ³¹	glaːŋ³¹	a⁴⁴gɔŋ⁵³	glaŋ³¹	vən³³tœn³¹	kɣaŋ⁵³
水	water	wam³³	wəŋ³³	wam³⁵	wɔm³⁵	wəm³³	wəm³³	m̩²⁴	ən³³	vən³³	wən³³
洪水	flood	lu¹³wam³³	lu¹¹wəŋ³³	wam³⁵lu³¹	wɔm³⁵lu¹³	bə¹¹lau²²	wəm³³lou¹¹	m̩²⁴sjɛ⁴⁴	waŋ³¹ən³³	dœn⁵⁵vən³³	tan⁵³wən³³
水井	well (water)	wam³³tsiːŋ⁵²	wəŋ³³tsiŋ⁵³	wam³⁵tθiːŋ⁵⁴⁵	wɔm³⁵θiŋ⁵⁵	wəm³³θiŋ⁵³	wəm³³θiŋ⁵³	m̩²⁴tɛŋ²⁴	tɕɛ³⁵	vən³³tsjaŋ³⁵	wən³³fjɯ⁴³⁵
水沟	ditch	wam³³tswan²⁴	wəŋ³³tswəŋ³⁵	wam³⁵pui³⁵	wɔm³⁵kjau⁵⁵	wəm³³tswəm³⁵	wəm³³tɕwən³⁵	m̩²⁴ku⁴⁴	ən³³kʰlɛ³³	vən³³tɕen³³	wən³³tɕən⁴⁴
水坝	dam, dike	wam³³puːi³³	wəŋ³³pui³³	wam³⁵tɔŋ²²	wɔm³⁵ʔpɛːi³³	pei³³	pei³³	a⁴⁴bi⁴⁴	ȵwan³⁵	bwei³³	bei³³
小溪	creek	si²¹jaŋ²⁴	swəŋ³³twaŋ³³	daŋ⁴³sun⁵⁴⁵	wɔm³⁵kjɛːn³⁵	wəm³³vaŋ⁵⁵	ɕwəŋ¹¹twən³³	dɔi⁵³dan⁴⁴	kʰlɛ³³	twei⁵⁵dən³³
火	fire	tou²³¹	təu²³²	tou³²	ʔtɔu³¹	tau¹²¹	tou²¹³	a⁴⁴tu⁴⁴	təu⁴²	teu³¹	tʰu⁴³³
火苗	flame	tou²³¹bjet¹²	təu²³²bje²¹	tou³²bjet²¹	ʔtɔu³¹bjɛːt³²	tau¹²¹blet²¹	tou²¹³bjap³²	tu⁴⁴bɛt²²	tʰəu⁵³blin⁴²	teu³¹pje³¹	tʰu⁴³³pʰɣe⁵³
火烟	smoke	tou²³¹sjou²⁴	təu²³²sjəu³⁵	tou³²sou²¹	ʔtɔu³¹ɕɔu³¹¹	tau¹²¹om³³	tou²¹³ɕeu⁵⁵	tu⁴⁴ɛn⁴⁴	təu⁴²jɛn³³	teu³¹ɕɔu⁴⁴	tʰu⁴³³ɕəu⁴⁴
火灰	ashes	saːi⁵²	swa⁵³	tou³²sai⁴³	ʔtɔu³¹ɕaːi⁴²	θwai⁵³	ɕwai⁵³	a⁴⁴sɔi²⁴	swai³⁵	teu³¹ɕi¹³	swei³⁵
火炭	charcoal	tou²³¹tʰaːn²⁴	təu²³²tʰaŋ³⁵	tou³²tan²¹	ʔtɔu³¹tʰaːn³³¹	tau¹²¹tʰaːn⁵⁵	tou²¹³tʰaːn³⁵	tu⁴⁴hɔn⁴²	tʰəu⁵³tʰan²⁴	teu³¹tɕɔŋ³⁵	tu⁵³tʰan⁴⁴
山	mountain	tɕiːm³¹	kəŋ³¹	kjeːm³³	kiːm³³	kjəm³¹	kem³¹	a⁴⁴kui⁴²	dən³¹	kleŋ⁵⁵	kɣeŋ⁵³
崖	cliff	bɛːŋ²⁴			gjaːu³⁵bɛːŋ³³⁵	beŋ³⁵	bɛŋ³⁵	a⁴⁴bɛŋ⁴²	bɛ³⁵	heŋ³⁵
石头	stone	lai³¹pjei⁵²	lau³³pei⁵³	gjau³⁵pjei⁵⁴⁵	gjaːu³⁵ʔpjɛi⁵⁵	ðau³³plei⁵³	gau³³	dzu⁴⁴pɛi²⁴	lau³³pli³⁵	lɔu³³pli³⁵	ɣau³³pɣui³⁵
洞	cave	kʰot⁵⁵	kʰwə⁵⁴	kɔt⁵⁴	kʰɔːt¹²	kʰwət⁵⁴	kʰot⁵⁴	a⁴⁴sin⁴⁴	kʰwan⁵³	kʰwɛ³⁵	kʰwə⁵⁵
田	field	liːŋ³¹	liŋ³¹	giŋ³³	giːŋ³³	ðiŋ³¹	giŋ³¹	ljaŋ⁵³	lje³¹	ljaŋ⁵⁵	ɣɯ⁵³
山坡	hillside	tɕei³¹tsoːŋ³³	bjəŋ³⁵	ȶɔŋ³⁵	bɔu³³⁵	kjəm³¹plau²²	kem³¹twən³³	a⁴⁴bjaŋ²²	dəu³⁵dəu³⁵	kleŋ⁵⁵pjɛ³³	tɕɔ⁴⁴
泥	mud	nje³³	ȵe³³	ni³¹	ni¹³	ni²²	ni¹¹	a⁴⁴nɛi⁴⁴	n̥i³³	ŋe³³	ŋwjei³³
路	road	tɕau⁵²	kau⁵³	kjau⁵⁴⁵	kjau⁵⁵	kjau⁵³	kjau⁵³	a⁴⁴tsu²⁴	kla³⁵	klɔu³⁵	kɣau³⁵
桥	bridge	tɕou³¹	tɕəu³¹	ȶou³³	ȶɔu³³	kjau³¹	tɕou³¹	a⁴⁴ku⁵³	ȶəu³¹	tɕiu⁵⁵	kjəu⁵³
坟墓	grave	tsou⁵²	tsəu⁵³	tθou⁵⁴⁵	θɔu⁵³	θau⁵³	θou⁵³	a⁴⁴pun⁵³	tsəu³⁵	tseu³⁵	tsu³⁵
尘土	dust	nje³³buŋ³³	buŋ³³tsjəŋ³¹	ni³¹	ni¹³buŋ¹³	ni²²boŋ³³	ni¹¹bwən³³	a⁴⁴sɔi²⁴	mən²⁴dʑin⁴²	pʰɔŋ³³tsaŋ³³	ŋwjei³³pʰuŋ³³
金	gold	tɕom³³	tɕəŋ³³	sam³⁵	ɕam³⁵	kjəm³³	tɕem³³	kɛm³³	ȶan³³	tɕan³³	tɕwan³³
银	silver	ȵaːn³¹	ȵwaŋ³¹	ȵaːn³³	ȵaːn³³	ȵwan³¹	ȵwan³¹	ȵan⁵³	ȵan³¹	ȵun⁵⁵	ȵwan⁵³
铜	copper	toŋ³¹	toŋ³¹	tɔŋ³³	ʔtɔːŋ³³	təŋ³¹	toŋ³¹	a⁴⁴tuŋ⁵³	tɔŋ³¹	dɔŋ⁵⁵	tɔŋ⁵³
铁	iron	ɬje⁵⁵	ɬje⁵⁴	gja²¹	gja¹²	ðja⁴⁵	gja⁴³	a⁴⁴ljɛ⁴⁴	ɬja⁵³	lja³⁵	hɣa⁵⁵
锡	tin	fi⁵⁵	fei⁵⁴	tθɛ²⁴	θɛ³⁵	θe⁵⁴	θe⁴³		ɕi⁵³	sja²²	si⁵⁵
年	year	ȵ̥aŋ²⁴	ȵ̥aŋ³⁵	ȵaŋ²¹	ȵaŋ³³¹	ȵaŋ⁵⁵	ȵaŋ⁵⁵	ȵaŋ⁴²	ȵ̥aŋ²⁴	ȵaŋ⁴⁴	ȵaŋ⁴⁴
月	month	ɬa²⁴	ɬa³⁵	la²¹	la³³¹	la⁵⁵	la⁵⁵	ŋou⁴²	ɬa²⁴	lu⁴⁴	la⁴⁴ȵa³¹
天(日)	day	n̥oːi³³	n̥wa³³	nɔi³¹	nɔːi¹³	nwai³³	n̥ɔi³³	nai⁴⁴	n̥wai³³	nwei³³	nwai³³

Animals

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
鱼	fish	bjau²³¹	bau²³²	bjau³²	bjau³¹	blau¹²¹	bjau²¹³	a⁴⁴biu⁴⁴	bla⁴²	plɔu³¹	pʰɣau⁴³³
虾	shrimp	tɕʰa³³koːŋ¹³	ka³¹sa⁵⁴		ȶʰa¹³	kʰa³³	tɕʰa³³	ha⁵³kuŋ⁴⁴	kʰa⁵³kɔŋ³³	ha⁵⁵	tɕʰa⁵³kɔŋ³³
螃蟹	crab	dʑiːm³¹gwai²³¹	dziŋ³¹gwai³³	kjam⁴⁴ȵei³⁵	kjam³⁵ȵaːi³⁵	kə³dzjaːi³³	ka¹¹dʑai³³	kuŋ⁴⁴kjɛ⁵³	ɕi⁵³ȡai³³	vɔŋ⁵⁵ȵan⁵⁵klaŋ³³	hɔ⁵³fwai³³
螺蛳	snail, river	tɕwei³³	kwei³³	uŋ³³a⁴³gwei³⁵	kwɛi³⁵	kwjei³³	kwei³³njeu⁵³	ki⁴⁴	kli³³	kle³³	kɣai³³
蜗牛	snail, land	tɕwei⁵²	kwei⁵³	kjɛŋ³⁵kwei⁵⁴⁵lak³²	ɕɔu³³gjɛn³³¹kwɛi³⁵	kjəm³¹kwjei³³	kwei³³ɔŋ³⁵	kɛt²²lɛt⁴⁴fɔu⁴⁴	kjau³⁵	kle³³ŋi³¹ɔŋ⁵⁵	taŋ⁵³kɣai³³
青蛙	frog	tɕɛːŋ⁵²	tɕɛŋ⁵³	kjɛŋ⁵⁴⁵	ȶɛːŋ⁵⁵	kjeŋ⁵³kwai⁵³	ka¹¹dʑwa⁵³	tsap²²tsɔu²²	ma⁴²kwa³⁵	kai³³kwə³⁵	ma⁵³kwai³⁵
蝌蚪	tadpole	tɕɛːŋ⁵²nou³³	tɕɛŋ⁵³nuŋ³³	kjɛŋ⁵⁴⁵plɔŋ⁴⁴	ȶɛːŋ⁵⁵ʔplɔːŋ³³⁵	kjeŋ⁵³ðjen³¹	tɕɛŋ³¹vɛŋ³¹	tsjaŋ⁵³ku²⁴njam⁴²	ma⁴²kwa³⁵duŋ³³dui³³	ni⁵⁵hai⁵⁵	taŋ⁵³taŋ⁵³kɣɯ³⁵
乌龟	tortoise, turtle	tu¹³ȵɛːŋ¹³	u³³kui³³	to²²	ʔtu³²	tu²²	to¹¹	tup⁴⁴pɛi³⁵	u⁵³kui³³	ljaŋ³¹bi³⁵	tu³¹
鳖	softshell turtle	tu¹³	bje³⁵	pit⁵⁴	ʔpit³⁵	pit⁵⁴	pit⁴³	bjɛt⁴⁴		bi³⁵	pi⁵⁵
癩蛤蟆	toad	tɕɛːŋ⁵²kop⁵⁵	tɕɛŋ⁵³tsəu³¹		ȶam³³ȶɔu³³	kjeŋ⁵³tsau³¹	tɕam¹¹tɕou³¹	tsjɛm⁴²pɔu⁵³ni⁴⁴	la⁵³sa³³ma⁴²kwa³⁵	kai³³kwə³⁵di²²	kɣɯ³⁵lai³³
龙	dragon	tɕuŋ³³	kuŋ³³	kuŋ³⁵	kuŋ³⁵	kjoŋ³³	kuŋ³³	luŋ⁵³	ljuŋ³¹	kljɔŋ³³	kɣɯ⁵³
蛇	snake	naːŋ³³	naŋ³³	naŋ³⁵	naːŋ³⁵	naŋ³³	naːŋ³³	a⁴⁴nɔŋ⁴⁴	naŋ³³	nu³³	naŋ³³
蜥蜴	lizard	naːŋ³³ku³¹laːŋ¹³	kə³¹si³¹lwaŋ¹¹	duŋ³³sɛt²¹	kɛːŋ³⁵ɕa³³	bləu¹²¹ðjai¹²¹kəŋ³³	naːŋ³³kun¹¹	nɔŋ⁴⁴kai²⁴tɔŋ⁵³	ȶa⁵³sɛ³³paŋ³³	lɔu³¹vuŋ⁵⁵nu³³
鸟	bird	no¹²	nɔ²¹	nɔ²²	nɔ³²	nu²¹	nu³²	a⁴⁴nɔu²²	n̥ɔ⁴²	nɔ²²	nɔ⁵³
乌鸦	crow	no¹²a³³	nɔ²¹a³³²	uŋ²²a⁴³	u⁵⁵a³²	la³¹a¹²¹	nu³²a³³	at²²lɔu²²pɔu²²	tin⁴²klaŋ³⁵	dœn⁵⁵a³³	lɔ⁵³a³³
画眉鸟	laughingthrush (Garrulax canorus)	hwa³¹mei³¹	nɔ²¹mei³¹	bu³³mei³³	jaŋ³³mjɛu³³nɔ³²	nu²¹mai³¹	vɔŋ¹¹m̥ei⁵³	mai⁵³van⁴²nɔu²²	wa³¹mi⁴²	vaŋ³¹miŋ⁵⁵nɔ²²	hwaŋ⁵³mi³¹nɔ⁵³
猫头鹰	owl	no¹²ku⁵²	nɔ²¹ku⁵³	nɔ²²ko⁵⁴⁵	nɔ³²ku⁵⁵	nu²¹ku⁵³	nu³²kou⁵³	ku⁴²kau⁴²mjɛn²⁴pɛi²⁴	kau³⁵kʰɔ³⁵	nɔ²²tɕwən³³	tɕaŋ⁵³mwei³¹nɔ⁵³
燕子	swallow (bird)	pu³¹ɕin²⁴	nɔ²¹iŋ³⁵	uŋ³³in⁴⁴	uŋ³³in³³⁵	nu²¹si³¹in³⁵	nu³²in³⁵	aŋ⁴⁴ɛn²⁴	ɕi⁵³in³⁵	heu⁵⁵jun³¹	nɔ⁵³in³³
麻雀	sparrow	no¹²maːu³¹toːn³³	nɔ²¹mei³⁵	nɔ²²kei²²	nɔ³²kɛi³²		nu³²diu⁵³	tiŋ⁵³kai²²si⁴⁴	tɕɔ⁵³tɕaŋ³⁵	tɕi⁵⁵kliu³¹	tʰjəu⁵³pʰɣau⁵³nɔ⁵³
老鹰	eagle	tom³¹tɕaːŋ⁵²	tuŋ³¹kaŋ⁵³	tlaŋ⁵⁴⁵	klaːŋ⁵³	klaːŋ⁵³	tʰɔm¹¹klaːŋ⁵³	tam⁵³kjaŋ²⁴	ŋa⁴²jɛn³³	saŋ³³ŋɛ⁵⁵	ŋje⁵³
鹞鹰	Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)	tom³⁵tɕaːŋ⁵²ju¹³	jau³⁵tsei⁵³	tlaŋ⁵⁴⁵hiu³¹	hiːu³³¹	klaːŋ⁵³hiu²²	hiu¹¹twən³³	a²²dziu⁴⁴	jɛu⁴²	tɕe³³dən³³	kɣaŋ³⁵
蝙蝠	bat	bap¹²buːi³³	buŋ³¹bui³⁵	tlo⁵⁴⁵bui³¹	kja⁵⁵bui¹³	kə³¹buːi³³	ka³¹bui³³	baŋ⁴⁴bai⁴⁴	pʰai⁵³səu³⁵	bɔŋ³³bwei³³
牛	cattle	ŋoŋ³¹	ŋuŋ³¹	ŋɔŋ³³	ŋɔːŋ³³	ŋoŋ³¹	ŋoŋ³¹	a⁴⁴ŋ̩⁵³	ȵuŋ³¹	ŋɔŋ⁵⁵	ŋɔŋ⁵³
马	horse	ma²³¹	ma²³²	ma³²	ma³¹	ma¹²¹	ma²¹³	a⁴⁴ma⁴⁴	ma⁴²	ma³¹	ma⁴³³
羊	sheep	juŋ³¹	juŋ³¹	juːŋ³³	juːŋ³³	joŋ³¹	juŋ³¹	a⁴⁴dziŋ⁵³	wjə³¹	jɔŋ⁵⁵	jɯ⁵³
猫	cat	mu³¹lom³¹	ma³¹miu³⁵	mau³³	mɛu³⁵	mjaːu³³	mɛu¹¹	kjaŋ⁵³kjaŋ⁴⁴mɛu⁵³	ma⁴²niu³⁵	mau⁵⁵	mau⁵³
兔子	rabbit	tʰou²⁴	tʰu³⁵tsei⁵³	tu²¹	tʰu³³¹	tu⁵⁵	tou⁵⁵	tu⁴²tɛi⁴²	tʰəu⁵³tsaŋ³⁵	tʰeu⁴⁴dən³³	tʰu⁵³twan³³
狗	dog	tɕu⁵²	ku⁵³	tlo⁵⁴⁵	klu⁵⁵	kju⁵³	klo⁵³	a⁴⁴ku²⁴	klu³⁵	klu³⁵	kɣəu³⁵
鸡	chicken	tɕai³³	tɕai³³	ȶai³⁵	ȶaːi³⁵	kai³³	tɕai³³	a⁴⁴kui⁴⁴	tɕi³³	kai³³	kjai³³
鸭	duck	aːp⁵⁵	a⁵⁴	aːp²⁴	aːp³⁵	aːp⁴⁵	aːp⁴³	a⁴⁴ap⁴⁴	an⁵³	æ²²	ai⁵⁵
鹅	goose	ȵe³¹	ŋɔ³¹	ŋa³³	ŋa³³	ŋo³¹	ŋa³¹	a⁴⁴ŋɛi⁵³	ŋɔ³¹	ȵwei⁵⁵	ŋwai⁵³
猪	pig	tuŋ²³¹	tuŋ²³²	tuŋ³²	ʔtuŋ³¹	toŋ¹²¹	tuŋ²¹³	tiŋ⁴⁴	twə⁴²	tjɔŋ³¹	tʰjɯ⁴³³
老虎	tiger	tom³¹jen³¹	tuŋ³¹sjəŋ³¹	gjaːn³³	gjan³³	dzjen³¹	dʑan³¹	a⁴⁴kjɛn⁵³	jɛn³¹	tcwən⁵⁵	tɕan⁵³
豹子	leopard	tom³¹sjen³¹beu²⁴	bau³⁵tsei⁵³	gjaːn³³mjeu³²	gjan³³ʔpau³³⁵	dzjen³¹miu³⁵	dʑan³¹	bɛu⁴²	pau²⁴hu⁴²	peŋ³³keu³⁵dən³³
象	elephant	tsaːŋ²³¹	tswaŋ²³²	kjaŋ³²	kjaːŋ³¹	dzaːŋ³⁵	θɛŋ²¹³	sjaŋ⁴⁴	ɕaŋ³⁵	tsjɔŋ³¹	sjaŋ⁴³³
熊	bear	tɕop⁵⁵	kəu⁵⁴	kjap⁵⁴	kjaːp³⁵	kjəp⁵⁴	kjep⁴³			kljɛ³⁵	kɣwa⁵⁵
猴子	monkey	biːŋ³³	biŋ³¹wjaŋ³¹	du³⁵biŋ³⁵	do³⁵biŋ³⁵	bi³¹du³³	biŋ³³	ȵan²²ka⁴⁴bjaŋ⁴⁴	həu⁴²swən³³	mjen³³nau³⁵	ma⁵³ɣəu⁵³
麂子	muntjac, deer	tɕuŋ³³	tɕuŋ³³	ȶuːŋ³⁵	kum³³ȡai³³	ki⁵³	tɕuŋ³³		tɕi⁵³tsɿ⁵³	tɕe³⁵dən³³	tɕwei³⁵
水獺	otter	tsʰat⁵⁵	tsʰa⁵⁴	ȶat³²	ȶʰaːt¹²	saːt⁵⁴	ɕaːt⁴³	a⁴⁴hat⁴⁴	sui⁵³tʰa⁴²	vuŋ⁵⁵tʰe³³	jaŋ⁵³tsʰai⁵⁵
刺猪	porcupine	djen³¹dzei¹³	djəŋ³¹dzei¹¹	van³²	dɛi³²	ðei²²	dei¹¹	ka²²hɛi²²	tʰjɛ⁵³jɛn³¹		tɕa⁵³kjiŋ³⁵
老鼠	rat	naːu²³¹	lai³¹tɕuŋ³³	du³⁵	du³⁵	du⁵⁴	du⁴³	kjaŋ⁵³kjaŋ⁴⁴	kla²⁴	vi³⁵nɔ³¹	nai⁴³³tɕi³⁵
松鼠	squirrel	bop⁵⁵	tɕəŋ⁵³	bup⁵⁴	ɕɛn⁵⁵	dʑi¹²¹	bup⁴³	a⁴⁴dzai²⁴		pwən⁵⁵keu³⁵vɔŋ⁵⁵
虫	insect	tɕɛːŋ³³	kɛŋ³³	kjɛŋ³⁵	kɛːŋ³⁵	kjeŋ³³	kɛŋ³³	a⁴⁴tsaŋ⁴⁴	klɛ³³	klaŋ³³	kɣɯ³³
蜜蜂	bee	mwei²³¹muŋ⁵²	mwei²³²	mei³²muŋ⁵⁴⁵	mɛi³¹muŋ⁵⁵	mui¹²¹toŋ³¹	mwei²¹³	a⁴⁴mui⁴⁴	mi⁴²	mi³¹	mwei⁴⁴twaŋ³³
黄蜂	wasp	mwei²³¹wjaŋ³¹ȵ̥en³³		mei³²waŋ³³	mɛi²¹kɛi⁵⁵	mui¹²¹	mwei²¹³kei⁵³	mui⁴⁴vjaŋ⁵³ki⁴²	pɛ⁴²pʰɔŋ³³	vuŋ⁵⁵fɔŋ³¹
蚊子	mosquito	muŋ²³¹ȵai³¹	muŋ²³²ȵa³¹	kjɛŋ³⁵va²¹	kɛːŋ³⁵θau³³daːu⁵⁵	moŋ¹²¹	mwəŋ²¹³	mɔŋ⁴⁴tup²²du²⁴	mə⁴²twan⁵³	tsɔu⁴⁴dɔu³⁵mɔŋ³¹	tjɔ⁵³tsau³⁵mɯ⁴³³
蝇子	housefly	muŋ²³¹	muŋ²³²	kjɛŋ³⁵gjam³¹	buŋ³³gjam¹³	pu³¹laːm¹²¹	mwei¹¹gaːm³³	a⁴⁴mɔŋ⁴⁴	mə⁴²	san³⁵mɔŋ³¹	mɯ⁴³³
蝴蝶	butterfly	sap⁵⁵paŋ³³	fei³³mau³³mau³³	buŋ³³blou³²	buŋ³³blɔu³¹	kə³¹bjəu⁵⁵	ka³¹bjeu⁵⁵	sap⁵³saŋ²²bɛt⁴⁴	sui⁵³bja⁴²	pu⁵⁵pjɔn⁴⁴	pʰu⁵³pʰjəu⁴⁴
蜻蜓	dragonfly	dʑiːŋ³¹guŋ⁵²	dziŋ³¹guŋ³³	kjɛŋ³⁵luŋ⁵⁴⁵	kɛːŋ³⁵nɔŋ⁵⁵	bu³¹noŋ⁵³	nu⁴³guŋ⁵³	ŋaŋ⁵³ŋɛi²²	glɔ³⁵	koŋ³³kaŋ³⁵	nɔ³¹ni³³
萤火虫	firefly	ȵɛːŋ³¹kʰwje⁵²	jaŋ³¹hɔ⁵³tsoŋ³¹	duŋ³³niŋ³⁵tou³²	niɬŋ³³⁵ʔtɔu³¹	kə⁵³ðit⁵⁴kwəŋ³³	tɛŋ¹¹nɛŋ³¹tou²¹³	tuŋ⁵³nɛŋ⁴⁴kɔu⁴⁴	ku⁵³ku⁵³n̥ɛŋ³³	kʰliŋ³⁵teu³¹kʰliŋ³⁵	mwei⁵³tɕaŋ³³kɣɯ³³
蜈蚣	centipede	sap⁵⁵	u³¹koŋ³³	tθap³²	θaːp¹²	θap⁵⁴	ɕap⁴³	bjau⁴⁴kuŋ⁴⁴tsap⁴⁴	u³³kuŋ³³	vuŋ⁵⁵kɔŋ³³ljəŋ⁵⁵	sai⁵⁵
蜘蛛	spider	ke³¹ȵo¹³	kɛŋ³³ȵɔ¹¹	kjɛŋ³⁵ȵa⁵⁴⁵	kɛːŋ³⁵ȵaːu⁵⁵	kjeŋ³³kja¹²¹	kɛŋ³³ka²¹³	mɔŋ⁵³kuŋ²²tsaŋ²⁴	wan³¹	ba²²la⁵⁵	mjɯ³¹
蟋蟀	cricket	dzje³¹ai⁵²	kɛŋ³¹tʰiu³⁵	kjɛŋ³⁵bjaːt²⁴	kɛːŋ³⁵bjaːt³⁵	ki³¹ðit⁵⁴	kɛŋ³³dja³²	tɔu²⁴kɛi²²	tin⁴²tin⁵³lin³⁵	ljɔŋ⁵⁵kɔŋ³³tɕʰiŋ⁵⁵liŋ⁵⁵	tsau³⁵ki³³
蚱蜢	grasshopper	tɕop⁵⁵	kəu⁵⁴	kjɛŋ³⁵man³²	kiːm³³dɛːk³⁵	kjəp⁵⁴pi⁵⁵	gap³²ta⁴³	pɛt²²	klin⁵³	klə³⁵	kɣai⁵⁵mjɯ³¹
螳螂	praying mantis	ku²⁴ȵaŋ³³		kjɛŋ³⁵man³²ŋɔŋ³³	gjɛn³³man⁵⁵	mu³¹ma⁵³dzjaŋ³⁵	muŋ¹¹ma⁵⁵	dzɛi²²lɔi²²ni⁴⁴	kəu⁴²tin³⁵kəu⁴²	mwə²²mwei³³klaŋ³³	pɯ⁵³kɔŋ³³laŋ³¹si³³
蝉	cicada	ljaŋ²⁴mɛːŋ³³	jaŋ³¹jaŋ³¹mɛ³³	kjɛŋ³⁵dɔːt²⁴	kɛːŋ³⁵vɛːŋ¹³	lau³³lan³³meŋ³³	lan³³mɛŋ³³	naŋ²²naŋ²²ni⁴⁴	ɬɛ⁴²ɬɛ⁴²ŋjɛŋ³³	laŋ²²laŋ²²miŋ³³	laŋ³¹laŋ³¹ȵe³³
蚯蚓	earthworm	naːŋ³³dzuŋ³³	kaŋ³¹dzuŋ⁵³naŋ³³	duŋ³³naŋ³⁵	duŋ³¹naːŋ³⁵	gju³¹naŋ³³	duŋ³¹naːŋ³³	kai²⁴dziŋ⁴⁴nɔŋ⁴⁴	hwjə³³	jɔŋ³³	tɕy⁵³tɕy⁵³naŋ³³
蛔虫	roundworm	naːŋ³³dzuŋ³³	kaŋ³¹dzuŋ⁵³naŋ³³	duŋ³³ȡim³⁵	ŋ̩²²ȡim³⁵	dzim³³	dʑim³³	kai²⁴dziŋ⁴⁴nɔŋ⁴⁴	hwjə³³	jɔŋ³³	tɕy⁵³tɕy⁵³naŋ³³
蛆虫	maggot	gai⁵²tɕɛːŋ³³	gai⁵³kɛŋ³³	kjɛŋ³⁵tθai²¹	kɛːŋ³⁵θai³³¹	kjeŋ³³nwat⁵⁴	dai⁵³kɛŋ³³	kai²⁴tsaŋ⁴⁴	kjai³⁵dɔŋ³⁵klɛ³³	dœn⁵⁵bwei⁵⁵klaŋ³³	tan⁵³pwən⁴⁴kɣɯ³³
蚂蚁	ant	dzjou⁵²	dzjəu⁵³	sou⁴³	ɕɔu⁴²	dzjəu⁵³	ɕeu⁵³	a⁴⁴dziu²⁴	sau³⁵	tɕʰɔu³⁵dən³³	tɕʰəu³⁵
臭虫	bedbug	pje³³	pje³³	pi³⁵	ʔpi³⁵	pi³³	pi³³	tsaŋ⁴⁴bɛi⁴⁴	pi³³	beŋ³³ljɔŋ⁵⁵	pi⁴⁴
跳蚤	flea	tɕu⁵²mwo³³	ku⁵³mwə³³	tlo⁵⁴⁵muŋ³¹	klu⁵⁵mɔŋ¹³	kju⁵³moŋ¹²¹	ka¹¹mɛŋ³³	ka⁴⁴mɔŋ⁴⁴	m̥au³³	mɔu³³	məu³³
虱子	louse, body	tam⁵²	taŋ⁵³	tam⁵⁴⁵	ʔtam⁵⁵	tam⁵³	tam⁵³	a⁴⁴dam²⁴	dan³⁵	dan³⁵	tan³⁵
头虱	louse, head	dzei⁵²	dzei⁵³	tθei⁴³	θɛi⁵⁵	dzei⁵³	ɕei⁵³	a⁴⁴dzɛi²⁴	sai³⁵	tsi³³	tan³⁵
蚂蝗	leech	mau⁵²waŋ³¹	bja²³²	kjam³⁵	mau³³vaŋ³³	mu³¹vaŋ³¹	ma¹¹waŋ³¹	a⁴⁴bin⁴²	mau⁵³waŋ³¹	biŋ⁴⁴	mau³³jaŋ³¹
家畜	livestock	tau³¹sɛːŋ³³		tθɛŋ³¹hau⁴³	ʔtɔu⁵⁵θɛːŋ¹³	tau³¹θeŋ³³	tau³¹ɕɛŋ³³	tsuŋ⁴⁴hɛŋ⁴⁴	tau⁴²sɛ³³
牛角	horn (cattle)	ŋoŋ³¹tɕoːŋ³³	ŋuŋ³¹kɔŋ³³	ŋɔŋ³³kjaŋ³⁵	ŋɔːŋ³³kjɔːŋ³⁵	ŋoŋ³¹kjoːŋ³³	ŋoŋ³¹kɔŋ³³	ŋ̩⁵³kɔu⁴⁴	ȵuŋ³¹klɔ³³	ŋɔŋ⁵⁵kloŋ¹³	ŋɔŋ⁵³kɣɔ³³
爪	claw	ȵiu⁵²	ȵəu⁵³	ȵaːu⁵⁴⁵	ȵaːu⁵⁵	tsaːu⁵³	ȵau³³	kui⁴²	tɕau³⁵	tsjɔu³⁵	tɕai³⁵
尾巴	tail	twei⁵²	twei⁵³	tei⁵⁴⁵	ʔtɛi⁵⁵	twei⁵³	twei⁵³	a⁴⁴dui²⁴	kɔ⁴²dwai³⁵	de³⁵	twai³⁵

Plants

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
树	tree	djaŋ²⁴	djaŋ³⁵	gjaŋ⁴⁴	gjaŋ³³⁵	djaŋ³⁵	djaŋ³⁵	a⁴⁴djaŋ⁴²	djaŋ²⁴	tjaŋ⁴⁴	djaŋ⁴⁴
树林	forest	djaŋ²⁴lom¹³	djaŋ³⁵kəŋ³¹	gjaŋ⁴⁴gjɛŋ³³	kiːm³³ku³³⁵	djaŋ³⁵kjəm³¹	djaŋ³⁵kem³¹	djaŋ⁴²kan⁴⁴	djaŋ²⁴m̥ɔ⁴²	tjaŋ⁴⁴kʰlæ³³	djaŋ⁴⁴kɣɔŋ⁵³
竹子	bamboo	ɬau⁵²	ɬau⁵³	lau⁴³	lɔu⁴²	lau⁵³	l̥au⁵³	a⁴⁴lau²⁴	ɬau³⁵	lau³⁵	lau³⁵
竹笋	bamboo shoot	bjai¹³	bai¹¹	bjai²²	bjai³²	blai²²	bje¹¹	bɛi²²	blai⁴²	plai¹³	pɣai³¹
苎麻	ramie (Boehmeria nivea)	du¹³	du¹¹	do²²mun³³	du³²	du²²	do¹¹	ma⁵³	du⁴²	tu¹³ŋi³¹	tu³¹
菌子	mushroom	tɕou³³	tɕəu³³	sou³⁵	ɕɔu³⁵kjɔːŋ³⁵	kjəu³³	tɕeu³³	a⁴⁴ku⁴⁴	ȶau³³	tɕɔu³³	kjəu³³
禾苗	sprout, young plant	bjau³¹miu³¹	bau³¹	blau³³mjou³³	blau²²mjɛu³³	blau³¹miu³¹	blau²¹miu³¹	bu⁴⁴miu⁵³	blau³¹	plou⁵⁵mjaŋ⁵⁵	pɣau⁵³
秧	seedling	jaːŋ³³	wjaŋ³³	jaŋ³⁵	jaːŋ³⁵	wjaŋ³³	wjaŋ³³	a⁴⁴bjau⁵³	jɔ³³	plɔu⁵⁵	ɕɔ⁴⁴
稻谷	paddy	tsʰu⁵⁵	tsʰəu⁵⁴	blau³³	blau²²ȶʰu¹²	su⁵⁴	ɕu⁴³	siu⁴⁴	ȶhu⁵³	ɕɔ³³	tsʰu⁵⁵
穗儿	ear (of grain)	bjau³¹to⁵²	ȵwei²³²	blau³³ȵun⁵⁴⁵	blau²²nɔːn³⁵	swən³⁵	blau³¹ɕwən³³	a⁴⁴tsɔu²⁴	nan³³	noŋ³⁵	ȵwai³⁵
谷粒	grain	tsʰu⁵⁵	tsʰəu⁵⁴	blau³³nɔm³⁵	ȶʰu¹²	su⁵⁴noːm³³	ɕu⁴³nɔm³³	siu⁴⁴lɛp²²	ȶʰu⁵³	ɕɔ³³	tsʰu⁵⁵
稗子	barnyard millet, weed	paːi¹³	ba¹¹	hou⁴³waŋ⁵⁴⁵	ȶʰu¹²kɔŋ³⁵	vaŋ⁵³	pai¹¹	a⁴⁴pui²²	pai⁴²	ba⁵⁵pai¹³	pai⁵³
禾草	true grass	gaːu⁵²	bau³¹ga⁵³	blau³³gau⁵⁴⁵	blau³³gaːu⁵³	bə³¹kau⁵³	blau³¹kaːu⁵³	bu⁵³kɔu²⁴	blau³¹kɔ³⁵	plau⁵⁵kɔ³⁵	pɣau⁵³kɔ³⁵
种子	seed	ȵiːm³³	ȵaŋ³³	ȵim³¹	ȵim¹³	ȵim³³	ȵem³³	a⁴⁴num⁴⁴	n̥jɛn³³	tɕɔŋ³⁵	nje³³
花	flower	pjaŋ³¹	pjaŋ³¹	faŋ³³	faŋ³³	pwaŋ³¹	pwaŋ³¹	pjaŋ⁵³	pjaŋ³¹	buŋ⁵⁵	pjaŋ⁵³
草	grass	mje⁵²	mje⁵³	ma⁴³	ma⁴²	mwa⁵³	m̥wa⁵³	a⁴⁴mjɛ²⁴	m̥ja³⁵	mu³⁵	mja⁵³
茅草	cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)	gaːn³³	gaŋ³³	gaːn³⁵	gaːn¹³	gaːn³³	gaːn³³	a⁴⁴gɔn⁴⁴	gwan³³	meu⁵⁵klœ³³	kan³³tsʰiŋ³³mja⁵³
蓝靛草	indigo	dʑaːm³¹	gaŋ³¹	gaːm³³mɛŋ³⁵	gaːm³³ʔtin³¹	gjam³¹tin²²mwa⁵³	gaːm³¹	tjɛn²²mjɛ²⁴	tjɛn⁴²	dœn⁵⁵klan⁵⁵mu³⁵	kɣan⁵³tin³¹mja⁵³
棉花	cotton	min³¹	pei¹¹	bui⁴⁴	buːi³³⁵faŋ³³	bui³⁵	bui³⁵	a⁴⁴mjɛn²²	m̥ɔ³¹min³¹	bwei⁴⁴	pwei⁴⁴
剌儿	thorn	dʑim⁵²	dʑiŋ⁵³	ȡim⁵⁴⁵	ȡim⁵⁵	gim⁵³	jim⁵³	hɛp⁴⁴	dʑin³⁵	siŋ⁴⁴	kjin³⁵
藤子	rattan	m̥ei³³	mei²³²	mei³¹	mɛi¹³	ȵai¹²¹	ȵei²¹³	mɛi⁴⁴	m̥əi³³	mi³³	mi³³
艾子	mugwort (Artemisia argyi)	ŋoːi¹³	ŋwa¹¹		nɔːi³²	ŋwai²²	ŋɔi¹¹	a⁴⁴ŋɛi²²	li⁵³ɬan³⁵	tɔn³³u⁴⁴ŋai³⁵
粪肥	manure	pwan²⁴	pwəŋ³⁵	fan⁴⁴	fɔːn³³⁵	pon³⁵kjun²²	pwən³⁵	bun⁴²	hwəi³³	bwei⁵⁵klyn¹³	pwən⁴⁴
米	rice (grain)	m̥ei⁵²	m̥ei⁵³	mei⁴³	mɛi⁴²	mai⁵³	m̥ei⁵³	a⁴⁴mɛi²⁴	m̥i³⁵	mi³⁵	mi³⁵
糯米	rice, glutinous	bjau³¹bjut¹²m̥ei⁵²	bau³¹bu²¹m̥ei⁵³	mei⁴³blɔt²¹	mɛi⁴²blɔt³²	blau³¹blwət²¹mai⁵³	blau³¹blut³²m̥ei⁵³	but²²mɛi²⁴	m̥i³⁵blan⁴²	plɛ²²mi³⁵	mi³⁵pʰɣɯ⁵³
粳米	rice, non-glutinous	bjau³¹tsi⁵⁵m̥ei⁵²	bau³¹tsiŋ³³m̥ei⁵³	mei⁴³tθi³⁵	mɛi⁴²θi³⁵	blau³¹tsim³³mai⁵³	blau³¹tɕim³³m̥ei⁵³	dzɛu⁵³tsjɛm⁴⁴mɛi²⁴	m̥i³⁵tsi⁵³	tɕen³³mi³⁵
小米	millet	muːi³¹tsai³³	n̩³⁵tsai³³m̥ei⁵³	blau³³ȶei³⁵	bu³³ȶʰaːi³⁵	tsai³³mai⁵³	tɕai³³	mɛi²⁴tɛi⁴⁴vjaŋ⁵³	ȶai³³	tɕen³³tsai³³mi³⁵	tɕai³³
玉米	maize	tɕu³¹mɛ¹²	faŋ³³tsai³³	mai³²	ʔpjɔu⁵⁵mɛi³¹	kə³¹loːn¹²¹	bu³¹	ba⁴⁴bɔu²²	i²⁴mi⁵³	ŋɔŋ⁵⁵tsai³³	mi⁵³ku³⁵
荞麦	buckwheat	tɕou³¹mɛ¹²	tɕəu³¹mɛ²¹		θam³⁵kaːk³⁵mɛ³²	θam³¹ko⁵³mje²¹	taːm³¹kɔŋ³³mɛ³²	san²²kɔu⁴⁴ma²²	ȶɔ⁴²m̥e⁴²	bɔu³³kloŋ³³ma⁵⁵
高粱	sorghum	ku³¹laːŋ³¹	ku³¹lwaŋ³¹	ku³³ljaŋ³³	mɛi³²	kə³¹ljaŋ³¹	gai³¹tau³⁵	ma⁴²mɛi²⁴	tuŋ⁴²kla³¹	mɔ³¹tsjɔ³⁵
糠	bran	bje⁵⁵	bje⁵⁴	va³¹min³³	ba¹²	bwa²¹	bwa³²	a⁴⁴bjɛ⁴⁴	bja⁵³	bɔu³³	pja³³
甘蔗	sugarcane	kaːm³³tsje²⁴	kaŋ³³tsje³⁵	kɔm³⁵sa⁴⁴	kam³³ɕa³³⁵	kə³¹tsja³⁵	kam³³tɕa³⁵	kuŋ⁴⁴kɛi²²tjam⁵³	kan³³kjɛ³⁵	kwɔn³³tɕai⁴⁴	kwan⁵³tɕa⁴⁴
芋头	taro	hou¹³	əu¹¹	hou²²	hɔu³²	hau²²	hou¹¹	vu²²tau⁵³	i²⁴dəu²⁴	heu¹³	kwai⁵³ɕwei³⁵
芝蔴	sesame	sa⁵⁵doŋ³¹	sa⁵⁴	tθa³¹	θa¹²	dziu³¹ma³¹pje³¹	ɕa⁴³	a⁴⁴tsa⁴⁴	ȶəu⁴²ma³¹	jɔu⁵⁵ma⁵⁵	jəu⁵³ma⁵³
豆子	bean	top¹²	təu²¹	tap²¹bei⁵⁴⁵	ʔtɔp³²bei⁵⁵	təp²¹	top³²	a⁴⁴tup²²	ȶʰən⁴²	tə²²	tʰwa⁵³
白薯	sweet potato	doːi³¹	dwa³¹	dɔi³³dun³⁵	dɔːi³³dun³⁵	dwai³¹	dɔi³¹	fan⁴²dai⁵³	dwai³¹	twei⁵⁵	kwai⁵³
烟叶	tobacco	in³³	iŋ³³	jin³⁵nɔm³³	jin³⁵nɔːm³³	in³³noːm³¹	in³³nɔm³¹	ɛn⁴⁴pi⁵³	jɛn³³	jen³³	jən³³
果子	fruit	pjou⁵²	pjəu⁵³	pjou⁵⁴⁵	ʔpjɔu⁵⁵	pjəu⁵³	pjəu⁵³	a⁴⁴bɛu²⁴	pjau³⁵	bjɔu³⁵	pjəu³⁵
柿子	persimmon	pjou⁵²tsai²³¹	pu³¹tsai²³²	tuŋ³³ȶau³²		bə³¹tsai¹²¹pjəu⁵³	pjeu⁵³tɕai²¹³	bɛu²⁴tui⁴⁴	kjau⁵³pəi³³	bjɔu³⁵kjɔu³³	pjəu³⁵tɕʰai⁴³³
李子	plum	pjou⁵²ɬjaŋ⁵²	pu³¹ɬjaŋ⁵³	pjou⁵⁴⁵gjaŋ⁵⁴⁵	ʔpjɔu⁵⁵gjaŋ⁵⁵	kwaŋ³¹ðaŋ⁵³pjəu⁵³	pjeu⁵³gaŋ⁵³	bɛu²⁴ȵɔŋ²⁴	ka⁴²ɬaŋ³⁵	bjɔu³³vən³³	pɣɯ⁵³ɣaŋ³⁵
桃子	peach	pjou⁵²tɕaːu³¹	pu³¹ka³¹	pjou⁵⁴⁵tlau³³	ʔpjɔu⁵⁵klaːu³³	bə³¹kjam³¹pjəu⁵³	pjəu⁵³klaːu³¹	bɛu²⁴kɔu⁵³	kla⁴²kla³¹	bjɔu³³klɔ³⁵	pɣɯ⁵³kɣan⁵³
梨	pear	lai³¹toːŋ¹³	pu³¹tɔŋ³¹	ta³³gei³²pjou⁵⁴⁵	gɛi³¹ʔpjɔu⁵⁵	θei³¹ðei³¹pjəu⁵³	ɕa²²gei³¹	beu²⁴dzai⁵³	kɔ³¹lai³¹	bju³³lwei⁵⁵	pɣɯ⁵³ɣai⁵³
葡萄	grape	pjou⁵²tʰau³¹	pʰu³¹tʰau³¹		lau³³bak³²	kʰju³¹pjəu⁵³	kou³¹pjeu⁵³	vu⁵³vɔt⁴⁴bɛu²⁴	ma⁴²an⁵³m̥əi³³pjau³⁵	bu³³klu⁵⁵	tu⁵⁵kɣən⁵³
菜	vegetable	lai³³	lai³³	gjai³⁵	gjai³⁵	ðai³³	gai³³	ɛi⁴⁴	lai³³	lai³³	ɣai³³
韭菜	chives (Allium tuberosum)	tɕiu²³¹tsʰɔːi²⁴	tɕi³¹tsʰwa³⁵	tɔŋ³¹kaːt²⁴	tʰɔŋ¹³bɛi¹³	kju³¹ȵon³¹	lep³²	ku⁴⁴hɔi⁴²	ȶau⁵³tsʰɛ²⁴	tɕɔu³³tsʰai⁴⁴	tɕəu³³tsʰje³³
胡芦瓜	calabash	ȵom⁵²ȵɛːŋ³³	bu³¹ləu³¹	kwa³⁵tθai³⁵	ka³³lu³¹	ȵom⁵³	ȵ̥um⁵³	ka⁴⁴pa²²	bu³¹	kloŋ³³hjɔu⁵⁵bu⁵⁵	pʰje⁵³kwa³³
蒜	garlic	fun²⁴	tsʰuŋ³⁵	tun²¹	tʰun³³¹	θun⁵⁵	θun⁵⁵	a⁴⁴hɔn²⁴	kʰəu³³	sɔŋ⁴⁴	tsʰuŋ⁴⁴
晶头	scallion (Allium chinense)	tɕiu²³¹	tɕəu²³²	ȡiu⁴³	tʰɔŋ³³θɛi³⁵	kiu¹²¹dəŋ³¹pjəu⁵³	θoŋ³³	kiu⁴⁴pɛi²⁴	dʑau²⁴dəu⁴²	tɕiu³¹pli³⁵
茄子	eggplant	tɕe³¹	ka³¹tsaŋ⁵³	ka³³daŋ⁵⁴⁵	ka³³ʔtɔŋ⁵⁵	kwa³³ðaŋ⁵³	ka¹¹dʑaŋ⁵³	a⁴⁴kjɛ⁵³	ȶa³¹	ka³³tsaŋ³⁵	ka⁵³tsaŋ³⁵
辣椒	chili	fan³¹tsiːu³³	ba²¹tsiu³³	duŋ³³man²²	duŋ³³maːt³²	blaːt²¹θiu³³	lok¹¹maːn¹¹	lat²²ljau⁴⁴	hai⁵³tɕiu³³	plæ⁵⁵dən³³	la⁵³tɕəu³³
姜	ginger	suŋ³³	suŋ³³	tθuŋ³¹	θuŋ¹³	θoŋ³³	ɕuŋ³³	a⁴⁴kɔŋ⁴⁴	sɛ³³ȶwə⁴²	tɕɔŋ³³	cɯ³³

Food

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
药	medicine	dje³³	dje³³	ma⁴³	gjaːi³⁵	djai³³	dje³³	a⁴⁴tsɛi⁴⁴	hja³³	jɔ³¹	tɕwei³³
饭	rice	n̥aːŋ²⁴	n̥aŋ³⁵	naŋ²¹	naŋ³³¹	naːŋ⁵⁵	naːŋ⁵⁵	nɔŋ⁴²	n̥aŋ²⁴	sam³⁵	ma⁴³⁵
早饭	breakfast	luŋ³¹doːm³³	luŋ³¹dɔŋ³³	bu³³dɔm³⁵naŋ²¹	bu³³dɔːm³⁵naŋ³³¹	du³¹doːm³³naːŋ⁵⁵	guŋ³¹dɔm³³	dɔm⁴⁴tu⁵³nɔŋ⁴²	djau³⁵n̥aŋ²⁴	tɔn³³	ŋjən³¹twan³³
午饭	lunch	luŋ³¹aːn²⁴	lu³¹aŋ³⁵	dum³³nɔi³¹naŋ²¹	dɔm³⁵nɔːi¹³naŋ³³¹	du³¹nwai³³naːŋ⁵⁵	n̥am³¹n̥ɔi³³	nai⁴⁴djaŋ⁴⁴	pʰɛ³³n̥wai³³	beu³³	ŋjən³¹pu³³
晚饭	dinner	luŋ³¹m̥waŋ²⁴	lu³¹mwəŋ³⁵	bu³³ȡam²²naŋ²¹	bu³³ȡɔm³²naŋ³³¹	du³¹gjəm³¹naːŋ⁵⁵	guŋ³¹pou³³	vaŋ⁵³mɔŋ⁴²nɔŋ⁴²	m̥ɔŋ²⁴n̥aŋ²⁴	ja¹³	ŋjən³¹mɔŋ⁴⁴
粥	porridge	tswo⁵⁵	tswə⁵⁴	naŋ²¹sou³⁵	ɕo³⁵naŋ³³¹	tsu⁵⁴	tɕwo⁴³	a⁴⁴ham²⁴	həu³¹	tɕ()ɔ³⁵	tɕ()ɔ⁵⁵
粑粑	rice cake	dʑwo⁵²	dʑwə⁵³	ȡu⁵⁴⁵	ȡu⁵⁵	gju⁵³	ju⁵³	a⁴⁴gu²⁴	ȡu³⁵	tɕu³⁵	kjəu³⁵
汤	soup	tʰoːŋ³³	tʰɔŋ³³	wam³⁵	gjai³⁵vɔm³⁵	tʰoːŋ³³	a⁵³tʰɔŋ³³	hɔŋ⁴⁴	tʰaŋ³³	tʰoŋ³³	tʰɔ³³
酒	liquor	tiu⁵²	tiu⁵³	tiu⁵⁴⁵	ʔtiu⁵⁵	tiu⁵³	tiu⁵³	a⁴⁴diu²⁴	tiu³⁵	diu³⁵	ti³⁵
醋	vinegar	tsʰou²⁴	tsʰu³⁵	tθui³¹	θa³³⁵	mi³⁵	mei³⁵	saŋ⁴⁴si⁴⁴	tsʰəu²⁴	tʰeu⁴⁴
动物油	fat (animal)	m̥ei³³	m̥ei³³	mei³¹	mɛi¹³	mai³³	m̥ei³³	mi⁴⁴	m̥əi³³	mi³³	mi³³
植物油	oil (vegetable)	jou³¹	jəu³¹	jou³³	jəu³³	jəu³¹	jeu³¹	a⁴⁴diu²⁴	jau³¹	jəu⁵⁵	jəu⁵³
盐	salt	dzau⁵²	dzau⁵³	dau⁵⁴⁵	daːu⁵⁵	ðau⁵³	dau⁵³	a⁴⁴dzjam⁵³	dza³⁵	tsɔu³⁵	tsau³⁵
茶	tea	tsa³¹	tsa³¹	ȶa³³	ȶa³³	tsa³¹	tɕa³¹	a⁴⁴ta⁵³	ȶa³¹	tsa⁵⁵	tsa⁵³
饼子	flatbread	piːŋ³¹	tɔŋ³¹piŋ⁵³	pɛŋ⁵⁴⁵	ʔpɛːŋ⁵⁵	piŋ⁵³	piŋ⁵³	a⁴⁴gu²⁴	sau⁵³pjɛ³⁵	bjaŋ³⁵	pjɯ³⁵
肉	meat	o⁵²	ɔ⁵³	a⁵⁴⁵	a⁵⁵	a⁵³	a⁵³	a⁴⁴hɔi⁵³	dʑi³¹	kai⁵⁵	ɔ³⁵
肥肉	cured meat	o⁵²tɕun¹³	ɔ⁵³kuŋ¹¹	a⁵⁴⁵kun²²	a⁵⁵kun³²	a⁵³kjun²²	a⁵³kun¹¹	hɔi⁵³tin²²	dʑi³¹m̥əi³³	kai⁵⁵klyn¹³	ɔ³⁵kɣən³¹
瘦肉	lean meat	o⁵²tɕai¹³	ɔ⁵³kai¹¹	a⁵⁴⁵kjai²²	a⁵⁵kjaːi³²	a⁵³θin³³	a⁵³kje¹¹	hɔi⁵³kɛi²²	dʑi³¹in⁵³	kai⁵⁵klai¹³	ɔ³⁵kɣai³¹
腊肉	cured meat	o⁵²laːp¹²	ɔ⁵³la²¹	a⁵⁴⁵hɔŋ²¹	a⁵⁵laːp³²	a⁵³lap²¹	a⁵³laːp³²	hɔi⁵³lap²²	ɬan⁴²dʑi³¹	plæ⁵⁵kai⁵⁵	ɔ³⁵la⁵³
蛋	egg	tɕau²⁴	kau³⁵	kjau⁴⁴	kjau³³⁵	kjau³⁵	kjau³⁵	tsu⁴²	klau²⁴	klɔu⁴⁴	kɣau⁴⁴

Human body

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
头	head	pu³¹goːŋ⁵²	ŋ̩³¹gɔŋ⁵³	pjei⁵⁴⁵	ʔpjɛi⁵⁵	bə³¹gaːi³⁵	pje⁵³	pɛi²⁴fɔu⁴⁴	pli³⁵	pli³⁵	pɣui³⁵
额头	forehead	pjoːŋ³¹	pɔŋ³¹	plɔŋ³³	ʔpjɛi⁵⁵ȵa³³	bə³¹da"ŋ²²	peŋ¹¹daŋ¹¹	lɔŋ⁴⁴paŋ⁵³	plə⁴²tau³¹	puŋ⁵⁵	ŋi⁵³tau³¹pɣui³⁵
髻	topknot, bun	pu³¹tsoŋ¹³	tsoŋ¹¹	pjei⁵⁴⁵ȵɔi³⁵	dɔːt³⁵	ðwət⁵⁴	dot⁴³	kui⁴⁴tɔŋ²⁴	dzwan⁵³	tsɛ³⁵	tswan⁵⁵
头旋儿	hair whorl	pu³¹goːŋ⁵²tsun¹³	tsuŋ¹¹	pjei⁵⁴⁵gwei³⁵	ʔpjɛi⁵⁵gwɛi³⁵θun³²	kwjei³³kwjei³³	θwən¹¹	a⁴⁴hin²²	tɕɛn⁴²	tsiŋ¹³	tsuŋ³¹
头发	hair (head)	pu³¹pjei³³	puŋ³¹pei³³	pjei⁵⁴⁵dɔŋ³⁵	ʔpjɛi⁵⁵ʔpjɛi³⁵	bə³¹gaːi³⁵plei³³	pje³³	pɛi⁴⁴	pli³⁵dzɔŋ³³	pli³⁵pli³³	pɣui³⁵pɣɯi³³
辫子	braid	bin²³¹	biŋ²³²	bin³²	bin³¹	bin¹²¹	ta¹¹bin²¹³	a⁴⁴bjɛn²²	tʰu³³	pa⁵⁵ɕaŋ³⁵	pin⁵³tsɯ³¹
眼睛	eye	mwei¹³tsiːŋ³³	n̩³¹tsiŋ³³	mei²²	mɛi³²ŋan³³	mui²²	mwei¹¹	mai⁵³tɛŋ⁴⁴	mi⁵³tɕɛ³³	mai¹³	mwei³¹
耳朵	ear	mu³¹noːm³¹	n̩³¹nɔŋ³¹	bu³³nɔm³³	bu³³nɔm³³	bə³¹kjəu³³	pa³¹tɕeu³³	biu⁵³kɔi²⁴	blau³¹kau⁴²tsaŋ³⁵	pæ⁵⁵kæ³⁵	pɣɯ⁵³kɣɯ³³
鼻子	nose	bjut¹²kʰot⁵⁵	bu²¹kʰwə⁵⁴	bu³³ȶɔŋ³⁵	bu³³ȶɔŋ³⁵	blui²²	pa³¹tɕɔŋ³³	bi⁵³kjaŋ⁵³	bli⁴²kʰwan⁵³	pli²²kɛ³⁵	pɣui³¹
鼻涕	snot	bjut¹²	bu²¹	blot²¹	blut³²	blut²¹	but³²	a⁴⁴bit²²	blun⁴²	ply⁵⁵	pʰɣu⁵³
脸	face	m̥jen³³	m̥jəŋ³³	min³¹	min¹³	min³³	mjen³³	a⁴⁴mɛn⁴⁴	m̥in³³	mjen³³	mjən³³
腮颊	cheek	kʰam³¹kuːi³³	kʰaŋ³¹pui³³	min³¹wei³⁵	ȡɛːt³²ŋɔːm⁵⁵	tə³¹θau³³	am¹¹ui³³	mɛn⁴⁴pɛi²²	m̥in³³twəi³³	mjen³³tu³³	sje³³
胡须	beard	sjaːm³³	sjaŋ³³	tθɔm³¹	ȡɛːt³²θɔm¹³	θoːm³³	ɕwam³³	a⁴⁴tsam⁴⁴	həu⁴²tsaŋ³⁵	tɕwɔn³²	ɕwan³³
嘴	mouth	dzuːi³¹	dzui³¹	ȡɛt⁵⁴	ȡɛːt³⁵	dzwət⁵⁴	dʑut⁴³	dzi⁵³ti²⁴	tsui³⁵	tɕi⁵⁵	tɕɯ⁵³
下巴	chin	ka³¹ham²³¹	a³¹pa³¹	ŋɔm³²	ha³³ba³¹	ŋa³¹kaːu³⁵	ȵa³¹tɕaːu³⁵	kum⁵³kɔŋ⁴⁴	ŋa³¹sɛ³³	han³¹	ha⁵³kai³³
牙齿	tooth	ȵa³¹	ȵa³¹	ȵa³³	ȵa³³	ŋa³¹	ȵa³¹	a⁴⁴ŋjɛ⁵³	ŋa³¹ȶʰaŋ³⁵	mjen³⁵	mjən³⁵
舌	tongue	bjet¹²	bje²¹	bjɛt²¹	bjɛːt³²	blet²¹	bjet³²	a⁴⁴bɛt²²	blin⁴²	pjɛ²²	pʰɣe⁵³
喉咙	throat	tɕaːŋ³³hu³¹	kaŋ³³u³¹	tlaŋ³⁵hu³³	duŋ⁵⁵	klaːŋ³³ho³¹	klaːŋ³³hou³¹	kuŋ⁴⁴kan⁴⁴sin⁴⁴	klɑŋ³³hau³¹	hɔu⁵⁵	həu⁵³lɔŋ⁵³
颈	neck	tɕaːŋ³³	kaŋ³³	tlaŋ³⁵	klaːŋ³⁵	klaːŋ³³	klaːŋ³³	kuŋ⁴⁴kan⁴⁴	klaŋ³³	hɔu⁵⁵kæ³⁵	kɣaŋ³³
肩膀	shoulder	pwo²³¹tau³¹	pu³¹tau³¹	bu³³tau³³	ban³³ʔtau²²	bwa²¹	bwa³²	bɔu⁴⁴ban⁵³	bja⁵³tau³¹	ka³³dɔu⁵⁵	bja³³tau⁵³
手	hand	pwo²³¹	pwə²³²	pu³²	ʔpu³¹	pu¹²¹	pu²¹³	a⁴⁴pu⁴⁴	pau⁴²	pɔu³¹	pʰəu⁴³³
胸口	chest	lu³¹kʰot⁵⁵mo⁵⁵	lu³¹kʰwə⁵⁴	ka³³lap²¹mɔp⁵⁴	ka³³lap³²	kə³¹bloŋ³¹	ka³¹buŋ³¹	biŋ⁴⁴tu⁵³	blə³¹	sjen³³dɔu⁵⁵kʰwɛ³⁵
肚子	belly	ke³¹sje³³	ȵ̥əu⁵³	ȵou⁵⁴	ȵou⁴²	ȵu⁵³	ȵ̥eu⁵³	ŋ̩⁴⁴tɛŋ⁴⁴	kai³⁵təu³⁵	kai³³ɕe³³	ȵən³⁵
肚脐	navel	ku³¹ŋa²³¹njou²³¹	ku³¹ŋa²³²ȵ̥əu²³²	ȵou⁴³duːt²⁴tlaŋ³³	ȵɔu⁴²duːt³⁵klaːŋ³³	ȵu⁵³dut⁵⁴klaŋ³¹	ȵ̥eu⁵³dut⁴³l̥aːŋ³³	kjaŋ⁵³	tsin³¹ta²⁴	ȵɔu³³ty³⁵kʰaŋ⁵⁵	ȵəu³⁵tsu³³tjai³³
背	back (body)	si³¹taːn²³¹	si³¹taŋ²³²	ka³³tan³²	ka³³ʔtan³¹	tə³¹tan¹²¹tsai³⁵	ɕi³¹tan²¹³	lai²⁴hiŋ²⁴	jɛn⁴²ɕɛn³³kla³⁵	tan³¹	tan⁴³³tsi³³
腰	waist	tɕaːi⁵²	ka⁵³	tlaːi⁵⁴⁵	klaːi⁵⁵	klaːi⁵³	klaːi⁵³	lai²⁴	kla³⁵	lai³⁵	kɣai³⁵
乳房	breast	ȵo²⁴	ȵɔ³⁵puŋ³¹	nu⁵⁴⁵	nu⁵⁵ʔpuŋ³³	nu³⁵	nu³⁵	a⁴⁴nin²⁴	nɛ²⁴pə³¹	ni⁴⁴bɔŋ⁵⁵	nje³⁵
心脏	heart	fim³³	bə²¹dziu³³	tθim³⁵tau³³	θim³⁵	θim³³	θim³³	biŋ⁵³	ɕɛn³³	sjen³³	sin³³
肺	lung	pʰjom³³	pʰoŋ³³	tlom³¹	kʰlɔːm¹³	pʰlom³³	pʰum³³	a⁴⁴fi²⁴	bun²⁴	pʰwei⁴⁴	pʰwan³³
肝	liver	ɬan³³	ɬaŋ³³	gjen³¹	gjɛn¹³	ðan³³	gan³³	a⁴⁴hɔŋ²²	ɬan³³	lan³³	kan³³
肾	kidney	ȵut¹²tsei⁵²	ȵu²¹tsei⁵³	maːk⁵²	jiːt³⁵θɛi⁵⁵	kjə³¹θaŋ⁵³	tɕi³¹θaŋ⁵³	hjaŋ⁵³hjɛt⁴⁴	jəu⁵³tsaŋ³⁵	tɕæ⁵⁵tsaŋ³⁵	kɣau³³
肠子	intestines	tɕaːŋ³¹	kaŋ³¹	tlaŋ³³	klaːŋ³³	klaŋ³¹	klaːŋ³¹	a⁴⁴kjaŋ⁵³	klaŋ³¹	kljaŋ⁵⁵	kɣaŋ⁵³
胃	stomach	bwo¹²	təu⁵³	tθi³¹	θi¹³	θi³³	ɕi³³	kai²⁴sɛi⁴⁴	kai³⁵təu³⁵	ɕe³³	ɕwei³³
胆	gall	taːm⁵²	taŋ⁵³	taːm⁵⁴⁵	ʔtaːm⁵⁵	taːm⁵³	taːm⁵³	a⁴⁴tɛu⁴⁴	tan³⁵	dœn³⁵	tan³⁵
屁股	buttocks	gai⁵²kʰot⁵⁵	gai⁵³kʰwə⁵⁴	ka³³dai⁵⁴⁵	ka³³daːi⁵⁵tʰui³²	du³¹gwət⁵⁴	do³¹got⁴³	kai²⁴sin⁴⁴tin⁵³	kɔ⁴²kʰwan⁵³	iŋ⁴⁴kʰwɛ³⁵	tu⁵³kai⁴³⁵
脚	foot	tsau²⁴	tsau³⁵	tθau⁴⁴	θau³³⁵	tei³¹	θau³⁵	a⁴⁴tau²⁴	tsau²⁴	tsɔu⁴⁴	tsau⁴⁴
皮肤	skin	dop⁵⁵	dəu⁵⁴	dop⁵⁴	doːp³⁵	dop⁵⁴	dup⁴³	dip⁴⁴	din⁵³	tɛ³⁵	dwa⁵⁵
骨头	bone	buŋ⁵²	buŋ⁵³	tθuŋ⁵⁴⁵	θuŋ⁵⁵	θoŋ⁵³	θuŋ⁵³	a⁴⁴hiŋ²⁴	swə³⁵	sjɔŋ³⁵	sɿ³⁵
骨髓	marrow	buŋ⁵²tsuŋ³³	buŋ⁵³tsuŋ³³	tθuŋ⁵⁴⁵lau³¹	θuŋ⁵⁵laːu¹³	θoŋ⁵³ðom¹²¹	θuŋ⁵³lau³³	hɛŋ⁴⁴li⁴⁴	sui³⁵	sjɔŋ³⁵tsjɔŋ³³	sɿ³⁵tjɯ³³
骨节	joint	buŋ⁵²ȵat⁵⁵	buŋ⁵³dzi⁵⁴	tθuŋ⁵⁴⁵ȵɔi³¹	θuŋ⁵⁵ȵɔːi³⁵	θoŋ⁵³tau³⁵	θuŋ⁵³ȵɔt⁴³	hiŋ²⁴tɔu²⁴	swə³⁵tʰja⁵³	sjɔŋ³⁵kæ³⁵	tja³³
毛	hair (body)	pjei³³	pei³³	pjei³⁵	ʔpjɛi³⁵	plei³³	pje³³	pɛi⁴⁴	pli³³	pli³³	pɣɯi³³
汗	sweat	haːn¹³	aŋ¹¹	han⁴³	han⁴²	haːn²²	haːn¹¹	a⁴⁴hɔn²²	hwan⁴²	hən¹³	han⁵³
痰	sputum	ha²³¹	ha³³	dan³³blot²¹	ȡaːn³³	tsaːn³¹	but³²	lɔu⁵³hɛi²⁴ka²²	blin⁴²kʰa⁵³	lɔ⁵⁵	ma³³tan³¹
唾液	saliva	wam³³dzwei³¹	wəŋ³³dzui³¹	ȡan³³wam³⁵	ȡaːn³³vɔm³⁵	tsaːn³¹	tɕaːn³¹	dziu⁴⁴dzan⁵³	ən³³dzui²⁴	tɕi⁵⁵vən³³	wən³³tɕy⁵³
屎	excrement	gai⁵²	gai⁵³	dai⁵⁴⁵	daːi⁵⁵	dai⁵³	dai⁵³	kai²⁴	kai³⁵	kai³⁵	kai³⁵
尿	urine	wje²³¹	gwje³³	va³²	va³¹	va¹²¹	wa²¹³	a⁴⁴vjɛ⁴⁴	lɔ⁴²	fu³¹	hja⁴³³
屁	flatulence	pwat⁵⁵	pwə⁵⁴	fat⁵⁴	fɔːt³⁵	pwət⁵⁴	pwət⁴³	a⁴⁴but⁴⁴	kai³⁵tɕʰi²⁴	bwə³⁵	bwə⁵⁵
血	blood	dzjaːm⁵²	dzjaŋ⁵³	saːm⁴³	ɕaːm⁴²	dzjam⁵³	ɕam⁵³	a⁴⁴dzjɛm²⁴	san³⁵	tɕʰan³⁵	tɕʰan³⁵
脓	pus	noŋ¹³	nuŋ¹¹	nuŋ²²	nuŋ³²	noŋ²²	noŋ¹¹	a⁴⁴nɔu²²	nɔŋ⁴²	nɔŋ¹³	nɔŋ³¹
筋	tendon	tɕaːn³³	tɕwaŋ³³	san³⁵	ɕaːn³⁵	kwjan³³	tɕwan³³	tsan⁴⁴	ȶwan³³	tɕwən³³	tɕwən³³
死	die, dead	tai¹³	tai¹¹	tai²²	ʔtaːi³²	tai²²	tai¹¹	tai²²	tai⁴²	tai¹³	tai³¹
痒	itch	sjet⁵⁵	sje⁵⁴	sɛt³²	ɕɛːt¹²	θjet⁵⁴	ɕet⁴³	kɛt⁴⁴	hin⁵³	tɕɛ³⁵	ɕɯ⁵⁵
病	disease, be ill	pɛːŋ¹³		gɔm²²	gjɔu³²	ðom²²	pɛŋ¹¹	a⁴⁴man⁴⁴	pɛ⁴²	paŋ¹³	pjɯ³¹
痛	pain, painful	mun³³	muŋ³³	mun³⁵	mun³⁵	mun³³	mun³³	man⁴⁴	mun³³	mun³³	mwən³³
肿	swollen	om²⁴	oŋ³⁵	ɔm⁴⁴	ɔm³³⁵	əm³⁵	om³⁵		an³³	ɔn⁴⁴	wan⁴⁴
麻木	numb	bje²⁴	bje³⁵³	bi⁴⁴	bi³³⁵	bi³⁵	bi³⁵	bi⁴²	bi²⁴	ma⁵⁵	ma⁵³
呕吐	vomit	lu⁵²	lu⁵³	o⁵⁴⁵	o⁵⁵	u⁵³	ou⁵³	fɔn⁴⁴	lu³⁵	u³⁵	ɣəu³⁵
咳嗽	cough	n̥op⁵⁵	n̥u⁵⁴	ha²¹	luːp¹²ha³²	bjen⁵³	ha³³	lɔu⁵³hɛi²⁴	n̥ən⁵³	næ³⁵	nwa⁵⁵
疮	sore (n.)	tɕʰu²⁴		sei³³	ɕɛi³³	tswei³¹	tɕwei³¹	man⁴⁴man⁴⁴	saŋ³³	tse⁵	tɕwai⁵³
痣	mole	tsei²⁴	tsei³⁵	kjam⁵⁴⁵	ma³²kjam⁵⁵	ðei⁵³	ȵui³⁵	a⁴⁴ma²²	ȶui²⁴	ma²¹di⁴⁴	tɕi⁴³⁵
麻疹	measles	m̥an³³			maːn³¹	man³¹	man³¹	tup²²hɔŋ⁴⁴	pan³³ma⁴²	meŋ⁵⁵tjoŋ³³

Kinship and people

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
人	person, human	mjen³¹	mjəŋ³¹	mun³³	mun³³	moːn³¹	mwan³¹	min⁵³	min³¹	meŋ⁵⁵	mwəŋ⁵³
汉族	Han people	tɕen²⁴	kaŋ³⁵	hɔn³¹lui²²	dɔu³¹ȶuk³²	han³⁵moːn³¹	dou²¹³mwan³¹	kjɛn⁴⁴	kwan³³min³¹	han⁵⁵tsu²²
瑶族	Yao people	mjen³¹	mjəŋ³¹	kjeːm³³mun³³	kiːm³³mun³³	bjau³¹moːn³¹	bjau³¹mwan³¹	dzau⁵³min⁵³	bjau³¹min³¹	mɔu³¹jɔu⁵⁵	mɔ⁴³³ɕi⁵³
名字	name	bwo²⁴	bwə³⁵	mɛŋ³³tθei²²	bu³³⁵	min³¹θei²²	bu³⁵	mjaŋ⁵³	bau²⁴	pou⁴⁴	pəu⁴⁴
祖父	grandfather, paternal	oŋ³³	oŋ³³	tlau³²	fa⁵⁵ko³³⁵	te³³	koŋ³³	a⁴⁴kuŋ⁴⁴	kɔŋ³³	kɔŋ³³	kɔŋ³³
祖母	grandmother, paternal	ku²⁴	ku³⁵	bo³²kɛ⁴⁴	ȡi³²ko³³⁵	nai³³	lou⁵³	a⁴⁴pɔu⁵³	pa⁴²	ɔu²²	tɕʰwei³³
父	father	tje²⁴	tje³⁵	fa⁵⁴⁵	fa⁵⁵	pwa⁵³	pwa⁵³	a⁴⁴ba⁴⁴	tja³³	tu²²	pɣa³³
母	mother	ma¹³	ma¹¹	ȡi³²	ȡi³¹	ma²²	nɛn³⁵	a⁴⁴dzɛi⁴⁴	ȵa²⁴	ȵan²²	ma³³
儿子	son	toːn³³	twaŋ³³	tɔn³⁵	ɕɛi⁵⁵	kwjei⁵³	tɕwei⁵³	a⁴⁴dan⁴⁴	twan³³	dən³³	twan³³
女儿	daughter	sje⁵⁵	sje⁵⁴	sa³¹	mun³³ɕa¹²	θja⁵⁴	ɕa⁴³	tɔŋ⁴⁴nu⁴⁴	ti⁴²sa⁵³	ɕa³⁵	sa⁵⁵twan³³
媳妇	daughter-in-law	bwaŋ²³¹	bwəŋ²³²	bɔŋ³²	bɔŋ³¹	bəŋ¹²¹	bwəŋ²¹³	a⁴⁴ȵɛm⁴⁴	bɔŋ⁴²	paŋ³¹	pʰɔŋ⁴³³
女婿	son-in-law	laːŋ³¹	laŋ³¹	laŋ³³	laːŋ³³	vei⁵³	laːŋ³¹	a⁴⁴vɛi²⁴	bjau⁴²ɕəi²⁴	dən³³si⁵⁵	laŋ⁵³si³³
孙子	grandson	fun³³toːn³³	fuŋ³³	tθun³⁵	θun³⁵	laːn⁵³	θun³³	a⁴⁴hun⁴⁴	swən³³	sjen³³dən³³	suŋ³³
丈夫	husband	gu²⁴	n̩³¹tɕəŋ¹¹	laŋ³³	laːŋ³³	tə³¹kəŋ³⁵	tɕaŋ¹¹	a⁴⁴kjaŋ²²	bu³⁵	la³¹kɔŋ³³	kjaŋ³¹
妻子	wife	au⁵²	au⁵³	au⁵⁴⁵	au⁵⁵	tə³¹pwa³¹	au⁵³	a⁴⁴sa⁴⁴	kau³⁵	bu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵	sa⁵⁵
兄	brother, elder	ko²⁴	kɔ³⁵	ta³³	ʔta³³	ko³³	viŋ³³	a⁴⁴kɔu⁴⁴	ko³⁵	ai²²	kɔ³³
弟	brother, younger	jou²³¹	tɕi³¹ɬa⁵³	jou³²	jɔu³¹	noŋ³⁵	mai²¹³	a⁴⁴kui²⁴	ni³⁵pa⁵³	ki³⁵	lu⁵³tʰi³³
姐	sister, elder	to¹³	tɔ¹¹	o⁵⁴⁵	o⁵⁵	tsje³⁵	hei³¹	a⁴⁴ti²⁴	tsəi³⁵	tsi²²	tsi³⁵
妹	sister, younger	mwo¹³	tɕi³¹sje⁵⁴	mu²²	θaːi³³⁵	mei³⁵	mu¹¹	a⁴⁴mɔi⁴⁴	ȶui⁵³sa⁵³	ɕa³⁵	kji³¹sa⁵⁵
嫂	elder brother's wife	ȵaːm³³	ȵaŋ³³	ȵaːm³⁵	ȵaːm³⁵	θaːu⁵³	tɕu³¹	a⁴⁴ȵɛm⁴⁴	ȵan³³	ȵan³³	ȵan³³
伯父	uncle (father's elder brother)	pɛ⁵⁵	pa³¹oŋ³³	pɛ³⁵	ʔpɛ³⁵	pə⁵⁴	a³³pɛ⁴³	lɔu⁴⁴pa⁴⁴	pɛ⁵³	ba²²	pje³³
叔父	uncle (father's younger brother)	jou²³¹	swə⁵⁴	fa⁵⁴⁵jou³²	jɔu³¹	su⁵⁵	a³³ɕok⁴³	a⁴⁴tui²²	man⁵³	pla³³	ɕɔ³³
伯母	aunt (mother's elder brother)	tɕwo³¹	pa³¹pje³¹	ȶu³³	ȶu³³	pa³³	ȵa³³ko³⁵	lɔu⁴⁴ku⁵³	ȶu⁴²	dœn⁵⁵tɕu⁵⁵	kjəu⁵³ma³³
叔母	aunt (mother's younger brother)	dzje²³¹	pje³¹	ȡi³²tθai⁴⁴	θaːi³³⁵	θju³⁵	ȵa³³dʑi²¹³	a⁴⁴dzɛi⁴⁴	ȡai⁴²	tɕu⁵⁵	ɕ()ɔ³³ma³³
姑父	uncle (father's elder sister)	gwje²³¹	kəu³³je³¹	fa⁵⁴⁵tja³⁵	kja³⁵	i³¹je³¹	pwa⁵³bja³³	dzau⁵³vjɛ⁴⁴	hja³³hja³³	ɕu³³	ɕɔ⁴³³
姑母	aunt (mother's elder sister)	mwo¹³	kəu³³ȵaŋ³¹	ȡi³²mu²²	mu³²	njaŋ³³	mu³⁵	a⁴⁴tai⁴⁴	mau³⁵	keu³³	məu⁵³
姨父	uncle (father's younger sister)	pwei⁵²	ai³¹oŋ³³	pui⁵⁴⁵	ji³³ʔpɔu³⁵	i³¹je³¹	ko³⁵	dzɛi⁵³kjau⁴²	hi⁴²ȶwə³¹	ɕu³³	jɔŋ³¹pɣa³³
姨母	aunt (mother's younger sister)	dzje²³¹	ai³¹pje³¹	hei³³	θaːi³³⁵	i³¹njaŋ³¹	dʑi²¹³	a⁴⁴dzɛi⁵³	ȡai³³ȡai³³	tɕɔu⁵⁵ɔu³⁵	tɕɔŋ³¹pɣa³³
外祖父	grandfather, maternal	ta³³	ta³¹oŋ³³	ko⁴⁴ta³⁵	ku³³⁵ʔta³⁵	kə³⁵ta³³	ta³³	a⁴⁴dɔu⁴⁴	ta⁵³ta²⁴	du³³kɔŋ³³
外祖母	grandmother, maternal	ta³³ku²⁴	ta³¹ku³⁵	ko⁴⁴ti⁵⁴⁵	ku³³⁵ʔti⁵⁵	lu⁵³ti⁵³	ti⁵³	a⁴⁴dɛi²⁴	ti³⁵ti³⁵	di²²
舅父	uncle, maternal	nau²³¹	nau²³²	nau³²	naːu³¹	nəŋ³¹kəŋ³³	nau²¹³	a⁴⁴nuŋ⁴⁴	nau⁴²nau⁴²	nɔu³¹	nau⁴³³
舅母	aunt, maternal (wife of maternal uncle)	mjaŋ³¹	nau²³²pje³¹	maŋ³³	maŋ³³	kjəu³⁵njaŋ³¹	mwaŋ³¹	a⁴⁴mjaŋ⁵³	mjaŋ³¹mjaŋ³¹	mu⁵⁵	suŋ³³mjaŋ⁵³
男人	man, male	bjaːu³¹	n̩̩³¹tɕaŋ¹¹twaŋ³³	mun³³tɔn³⁵	mun³³ʔtɔn³⁵	kjaŋ²²moːn³¹	tɕaŋ³¹mwan³¹	kjaŋ⁵³min⁵³	bu³⁵min³¹	la³¹kɔŋ⁵⁵meŋ⁵⁵	tɕa³³mwəŋ⁵³
女人	woman, female	mjen³¹sje⁵⁵	n̩³¹sje⁵⁴twaŋ³³	mun³³sa³¹	mun³³ɕa¹²	au⁵³moːn³¹	au⁵³mwan³¹	sa⁴⁴min⁵³	ȵəu³⁵min³¹	bu⁵⁵lu³¹meŋ⁵⁵	sa⁵⁵mwəŋ⁵³
小孩	child	fei³¹tɕwei⁵²	fu³¹tɕwei⁵³	mun³³sei⁵⁴⁵	mun³³ɕɛi⁵⁵	ti³¹kwjei⁵³	tɕwei⁵³	siu⁴⁴kan⁵³	hwjəi⁵³	se⁴⁴va³⁵dən³³	sai⁵³kje³⁵twan³³
姑娘	young woman, virgin	sje⁵⁵toːn³³	sje⁵⁴twaŋ³³	mun³³sa³¹	mun³³ɕa¹²	mei³⁵	wa³³ɕɛŋ³¹ɕa⁴³	sa⁴⁴dzau⁵³	sa⁵³	keu³³	sa⁵⁵twan³³
赘婿	son-in-law (uxorilocal)	tsiu³³laːŋ³¹	laŋ³¹	laŋ³³	ȶɔ³⁵laːŋ³³	tsiu³³laŋ³¹	tɕɔ⁴³laːŋ³¹	dzum⁵³lɔŋ⁴⁴	tɕin⁵³twan³³	tɕiu³³meŋ⁵⁵
鬼	ghost, spirit	mjen⁵²	mjəŋ⁵³	man⁴³	maːn⁴²	moːn⁵³	m̥wan⁵³	a⁴⁴mjɛn²⁴	m̥jɛn³⁵	mwən³⁵	mjan³⁵
灵魂	soul	wan³¹	wəŋ³¹bɛ⁵⁴	lɛŋ³³wan³³	hɔːn³³	θin³³hwan³¹	hɔn³¹	vɔn⁵³	wan³¹	ljɔŋ⁵⁵be⁵⁵	jɯ³⁵

Material culture

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
房子	house	pjau⁵²	pau⁵³	pjau⁵⁴⁵	ʔpjau⁵⁵	plau⁵³	pjau⁵³	a⁴⁴piu²⁴	pla³⁵	plɔu³⁵	pɣau³⁵
房间	room	puŋ³¹	pau⁵³tɕəŋ³³	pjau⁵⁴⁵ȵin³³	buŋ³³	boŋ³¹	tɕen³³	lɔŋ⁴⁴kɛn⁴⁴	pə³¹	bɔŋ⁵⁵	bɔŋ⁵³
仓	granary	lam²³¹gjam³²	laŋ²³²	gjam³²	ȶɔːŋ³¹	ðam¹²¹	blau³¹gam²¹³	dzum⁴⁴	lan⁴²	tsʰaŋ³³	hɣan³³
梁	beam	laːŋ³¹	lwaŋ³¹	tuŋ⁴⁴hɛŋ³³	ʔpjau⁵⁵hɛːŋ³³	plau⁵³heŋ³¹	tɕeŋ³⁵gwaŋ³¹	mau²⁴luŋ⁵³djaŋ⁴²	ljɔ³¹	kla³³ljoŋ³³	ɣɔ⁵³
柱子	pillar	djou³¹	djəu³¹	gjou³³	ʔtɔn³⁵	djəu³¹	ɕa³³	tam⁵³dun²⁴	pla³⁵jau³¹	tɕɔu⁵⁵	tjɔ⁵³
窗子	window	ljaŋ²⁴ke¹³	ljaŋ³⁵ȵ̥iŋ³³	kjɛŋ³³gwaŋ³⁵	kuŋ³⁵ȶʰuŋ³⁵	kje³¹hjəu⁵⁵	ɕɛŋ¹¹ŋaːn²¹³	xɔŋ²⁴kjaŋ⁵³	kə⁴²tsɿ⁵³	tsiŋ⁵⁵dən³³plaŋ¹³
墙	wall	tsiːŋ³¹	tsiŋ³¹	siŋ³³	kjaːŋ³³	tsiŋ³¹	tsiŋ³¹	sjaŋ⁵³	tɕjɔ³¹	tsjɔŋ⁵⁵	tɕjɔ⁵³
板壁	wall, divide (wooden)	dʑoŋ¹³	goŋ¹¹	gɔŋ²²	kjaːŋ³³	pʰei³⁵tsiŋ³¹	pen³⁵tɕiŋ³¹	bɛn²⁴sjaŋ⁵³	gloŋ⁴²	tjaŋ⁴⁴plɔu³⁵tsjɔŋ⁵⁵
门	door	tɕɛːŋ³¹	kɛŋ³¹	kjɛŋ³³	kɛːŋ³³	kjeŋ³¹	kɛŋ³¹	a⁴⁴man⁵³	klɛ³¹	tsiŋ⁵⁵	kɯ⁵³
菜园	garden (vegetable)	lai³³hun³³	lai³³huŋ³³	dau³³vin³¹	gjai³⁵vin¹³	ðai³³hun³³	gai³³hun³³	ɛi⁴⁴vɔn⁴⁴	hun³³	lai³³fɛŋ³³	ɣai³³fuŋ³³
篱笆	fence	taːt⁵⁵	huŋ³³la²¹	dau³³vin³¹gɔŋ²²	lau⁴²gɔŋ³²	hun³¹plaːi³⁵	gai³³hun³³pʰɛŋ³³	vɔn⁴⁴bjaŋ²²	hun³³gloŋ⁴²	sa³³be⁵⁵
牛圈	bullpen	ŋoŋ³¹laːn³¹	ŋuŋ³¹laŋ³¹	ŋɔŋ³³go³³	ŋɔːŋ³³gu³³	ŋoŋ³¹ðau³¹	ŋoŋ³¹gaːn³¹	ŋ̩⁵³dzu⁵³	ȵuŋ³¹glan³¹	ŋoŋ⁵⁵lan⁵⁵	ŋɔŋ⁵³ɣaŋ⁵³
村	village	laŋ²³¹	tsʰəŋ³³	tun³¹	gjaŋ³¹	ðaŋ¹²¹	gaŋ²¹³	dzɔŋ⁴⁴	laŋ⁴²	laŋ³¹	tsʰuŋ³³
头巾	head cloth	pu³¹goːŋ⁵²pʰa²⁴	pʰa³⁵	sap²¹pjei⁵⁴⁵	ȶaːt³⁵ʔpjei⁵⁵	θə³¹ðui³³	taŋ³³la³²pje⁵³	tum²⁴pɛi²⁴dɛi⁴⁴	di³³	pʰa³³dɔu⁵⁵	pje³³pwei³⁵ɕi⁴³³tɕwaŋ³³
木梳	comb (wooden)	tsa⁵⁵	tsa⁵⁴	ȶa²⁴	gjaŋ³³⁵ȶa³⁵	sjaŋ³⁵tsa⁵⁴	tɕa⁴³	a⁴⁴ta⁴⁴	ȶa⁵³	tsa³⁵	tɕa⁵⁵
篦子	comb (fine-toothed)	pai¹³	pai¹¹	pai²²	ʔpaːi³²	pai²²	pai¹¹	bɛn⁴⁴	pai⁴²
镯子	bracelet	tɕom³¹	tɕəu³¹	sam³³	ɕam³³	kjəm³¹	tɕem³¹	kɔn⁵³fin⁴⁴	pʰau⁴²kʰən³³	pɔu³¹klɔ³⁵	pɯ⁵⁵tɕwan⁵³
耳环	earring	ɕun³³	niŋ¹¹	bin³¹	bu³³vin¹³	neŋ⁵⁵	ȵwan³¹	biu⁵³tui²²	blau³¹wən³¹	plɔu⁵⁵tsi¹³	pɣau⁵³ɣəŋ⁵³
帽子	hat	mwo¹³	mau³⁵	mou²²	mɔu³²	mau²²	mou¹¹	a⁴⁴mu²²	mu⁴²mau³⁵	mu¹³	mu⁵³
上衣	shirt	luːi³³	lui³³	gui³⁵	guːi³⁵	ðui³³	gui³³	a⁴⁴i⁴⁴	lwəi³³	ve³³	hɣɯi³³
裤子	trousers	hou²⁴	həu³⁵	kwa²¹	kʰwa³³¹	kʰwa⁵⁵	kʰwa⁵⁵	a⁴⁴fjɛ⁴²	kʰəu²⁴	kʰu⁴⁴	kʰu⁴³⁵
裙子	skirt	tɕun³¹	tɕwiŋ³¹	ȶun³³	gwan³³		kwan²¹³	a⁴⁴kɔn⁵³	ȶwən³¹	lu⁵⁵tɕen⁵⁵	kjɯn⁵³
袜子	socks	maːt¹²	ma²¹	maːt⁴²	maːt³²	mat²¹	maːt³²	a⁴⁴mat²²	m̥un⁴²	mæ²²	ma⁵³
鞋子	shoes	he¹²	ei³¹	tθu³¹	θu¹²	hai³¹	haːi³¹	a⁴⁴hai⁵³	hjɛ³¹	he⁵⁵	hje⁵³
草鞋	sandals (straw)	su⁵⁵	səu⁵⁴	gjin³³mau³³tθu³¹	ȡɔŋ³⁵mau³³θu¹²	ku³¹θu⁵⁴	ɕu⁴³	a⁴⁴kɔu⁴⁴	ȶu⁵³	tɕɔ³³	ɕu⁵⁵
蓑衣	raincoat (straw)	fei³³ei³³	fa³¹ei³³	tθa³¹ȵaːi⁵⁴⁵	luːi³⁵	θə³¹ei³³	θoŋ³³ei³³	a⁴⁴hi⁴⁴	swəi³³	si³³	kaŋ⁵³laŋ³³sjui³³
斗笠	bamboo hat	lap¹²	la²¹	kuŋ⁵⁴⁵ma⁴³gjap²¹	gjap³²	ðap²¹	gap³²	a⁴⁴dzup²²	ɬan⁴²	læ²²	hɣai⁵³
被子	blanket	swaŋ²⁴	swəŋ³⁵	tθɔŋ²¹	θɔŋ³³¹	θəŋ⁵⁵	ɕwəŋ⁵⁵	a⁴⁴suŋ⁴²	sɔŋ²⁴	ɕɔŋ⁴⁴	sɔŋ⁴⁴
布	cloth	dje³³	dje³³	bui⁴⁴	buːi³³⁵	di³³	di³³	a⁴⁴dɛi⁴⁴	di³³	ti³³	twei³³
针	needle	sim³³	siŋ³³	tθim³¹	θim¹³	θim³³	ɕim³³	a⁴⁴tsum⁴⁴	tɕɛn³³	tɕen³³	ɕin³³
桌子	table	tje³¹	tje³¹	dau³³mei³²	du³³mɛi³¹	du³¹mui¹²¹	du³¹mwei²¹³	a⁴⁴tɔi⁵³	tɛ³¹	dai⁵⁵	tje⁵³
椅子	chair	ei⁵³	ei⁵³		ʔtaŋ³³⁵ɛi⁵⁵	taŋ³⁵ei⁵³	ei⁵³	a⁴⁴daŋ⁴²	taŋ²⁴i³⁵	daŋ⁴⁴i³⁵	taŋ⁴³⁵i³⁵
凳子	stool	taŋ²⁴	taŋ³⁵	taŋ⁴⁴	ʔtaŋ³³⁵	taŋ³⁵	taŋ³⁵	a⁴⁴daŋ⁴²	taŋ²⁴	daŋ⁴⁴	taŋ⁴³⁵
床	bed	tsʰou²⁴	tsʰəu³⁵	ȶou²¹	ȶʰɔu³³¹	sau⁵⁵	ɕou⁵⁵	fu⁴²	ȶʰəu²⁴	lœn³¹	tɕʰu⁴⁴
柜子	cabinet	kwei¹³	kui¹¹	gwai²²	gwai³²	kwei²²	kwai¹¹	ki⁴²kui²⁴	lɔŋ⁴²	lɔŋ³¹	lɔŋ⁴³³
锁	lock	fo⁵²	fɔ⁵³	kja⁵⁴⁵	kja⁵⁵	θwa⁵³	θwa⁵³	hɔu²⁴pɛi²⁴	sɔ³⁵	su³⁵	sɔ³⁵
灯	candle	taŋ³³	taŋ³³	tɔŋ³⁵	ʔtɔːŋ³⁵	taŋ³³	taŋ³³	dziu⁵³tu⁴⁴	tən³³	doŋ³³	tɔ³³
杯子	cup	tsaːn⁵²	au³³	ȶɛːn⁵⁴⁵	ȶɛːn⁵⁵	tsəŋ⁵³	tɕaːn⁵³	a⁴⁴tsuŋ⁴⁴	au³³	tsa⁵⁵ɔu³³	tsan³⁵
碗	bowl	wjen⁵²	wjəŋ⁵³	wan⁵⁴⁵	van⁵⁵	van⁵³	van⁵³	a⁴⁴vjɛn²⁴	wan³⁵	ɔn³⁵	jaŋ³⁵
筷子	chopsticks	tsou¹³	tsəu¹¹	ȶou²²	ȶɔu³²	tsau²²	tɕou¹¹	a⁴⁴tau²²	ȶəu⁴²	tseu¹³	tɕu³¹
小木勺	spoon (wooden)	tuːi³³		ȶui³¹kjen³⁵	gjaŋ³³⁵ȶɛi³³	naːŋ⁵⁵tswa²¹	ɕui³³djaŋ³⁵twən³³	djaŋ⁴²siu²²dan⁴⁴	ȶʰui³³	tɕɔ³⁵piu³¹
簸箕	winnowing basket	sjaŋ³³	sjaŋ³³	saŋ³¹	ɕaŋ¹³	θjaŋ³³mai⁵³	ɕaŋ³³	num⁴²mɛi²⁴kɛŋ⁴⁴	n̥ən²⁴m̥i³⁵ȶaŋ³³	pʰeu⁴⁴	ɕaŋ³³
筛子	sieve	sjaŋ³³tɕei³³	sjaŋ³³tɕei³³	gjai³⁵tθai²¹	ȶɛi³³⁵θɛi¹³	θei³¹kjei³³	ɕaŋ³³lau¹¹m̥ei⁵³	hɛi⁴⁴kɛŋ⁴⁴	sɛ³³	se³³	ɕe³³
风箱	bellows	lou³¹	ləu³¹	lou³³	lɔu³³	lau³¹	lou³¹	a⁴⁴lu⁵³	ləu³¹	leu⁵⁵	lu⁵³
甑子	rice steamer	tsaŋ²⁴	tsaŋ³⁵	tθaŋ⁴⁴	θaːŋ³³⁵	θaŋ³⁵	θaŋ³⁵	a⁴⁴taŋ⁴²	tsaŋ²⁴	tsaŋ⁴⁴	tsaŋ⁴⁴
锅	pot	tsʰɛːŋ³³	tsʰɛŋ³³	ȶɛŋ³¹	ȶʰɛːŋ¹³	sjeŋ³³	ɕɛŋ³³	a⁴⁴haŋ⁴⁴	tʰjɛ³³	tʰaŋ³³	tɕʰɯ³³
坛子	jug (earthen)	tʰaːp⁵⁵	tʰa⁵⁴	ɛŋ³⁵	ɛːŋ³⁵	əŋ³⁵	oŋ³⁵tɕwən³¹	hop⁴⁴	tjau⁴²	nɔu⁴⁴	jɯ⁴⁴
罐子	jar	pɛːŋ³¹	pɛŋ³¹	kun⁴⁴	ʔpɛːŋ³³	si³¹pu¹²¹	ɛŋ³³	pa²²kjaŋ²²kɔn⁵³	pɛ³¹	biŋ⁵⁵	pjɯ⁵³
水缸	water tank	wam³³tɕːin⁵²	oŋ³⁵	wam³⁵kaŋ³⁵	vəm³⁵ȡɛŋ³³	vəm³³kaŋ³³	wəm³³θou³¹	a⁴⁴bjɛt⁴⁴	ən³³mɔŋ⁴²	vən³³ɔŋ⁴⁴	wən³³ɔŋ⁴⁴
水瓢	ladle (for water)	goːŋ⁵²	biu³¹	ȶui³¹	wɔm³⁵ȶʰuːi¹³	vəm³³tswa³¹	wəm³³ɕui³³	ka⁴⁴siu²²	ma⁴²ȶʰɔ⁴²	vən³³piu³¹	wən³³nwa³⁵
扇子	fan	bjaːt¹²	bja²¹	bjaːp⁴²	bjaːt³²	bjap²¹	bjap³²	a⁴⁴dzjɛp²²	bjɛn⁴²	tɕæ⁵⁵	pʰjai⁵³
刷子	brush	soːt⁵⁵	swa⁵⁴	tuŋ³³tθɔt³²	ȶʰaːt³²θat¹²	swa²¹	taŋ³³ɕut³²ɕɛŋ³³	a⁴⁴tsɔt⁴⁴	tʰwan⁴²tʰwan⁴²	ɕɔ²²tsɿ⁵⁵	tsʰai⁵⁵
伞	umbrella	faːn²⁴	faŋ³⁵	tθaːn⁴⁴	θaːn³³⁵	θaːn³⁵	θaːn³⁵	a⁴⁴hɔn⁴²	san²⁴	sun³⁵	san⁴⁴
秤	scales (weighing)	dzjaŋ²⁴	dzjaŋ³⁵	ȡaŋ²¹	ȡaŋ³³¹	dzjaŋ⁵⁵	dʑaŋ⁵⁵	a⁴⁴dzaŋ⁴²	ȡaŋ²⁴	tɕʰaŋ⁴⁴	tɕʰaŋ⁴⁴
胡芦	calabash	ȵom⁵²ȵɛŋ³³	bu³¹ləu³¹	tlu³²	ka³³lu³¹	blu³⁵	tui³³	fu⁵³lu⁵³	bu³¹n̥ən³⁵	bu⁵⁵hjɔu⁵⁵	pu⁵³lu³¹
刀	knife	dzu¹²	dzəu²¹	ȡu²²	ȡu³²	dzju²¹	dʑu³²	a⁴⁴dziu²²	ȡu⁴²	tɕɔ⁵⁵	tsʰu⁵³
剪刀	scissors	dʑiu⁵²	dʑiu⁵³	ȡeu⁵⁴⁵	ȡiːu⁵⁵	gjəu⁵³	jeu⁵³	gɛu²⁴	gjau³⁵	kljɔu³⁵	tsiŋ⁴³³
镰刀	sickle	lim³¹	bau³¹liŋ³¹	ȡu²²wɛŋ³³	ȡu³²ʔtu³⁵	bə³¹ðim³¹	lim²¹³	dzjam⁵³dɔu⁴⁴	mɛ⁴²ta³³	ke³³	ma⁵³ta³³
剪禾刀	sickle (harvesting)	dzip⁵⁵	dʑi⁵⁴	dip⁵⁴	ȡiːp¹²	ho³¹ljen³¹	dip³²	a⁴⁴djɛp⁴⁴	gan⁵³gan⁵³	di³⁵	di⁵⁵
斧头	axe	pou⁵²	pəu⁵³	pou⁵⁴⁵	ʔpɔu⁵⁵	pau⁵³	pou⁵³	a⁴⁴pu²⁴	bəu³⁵	peu³⁵	pu³⁵
锄头	hoe	pʰoːŋ³³	kəu²¹	kwak⁵⁴	kʰwaːk¹²	kʰwa³¹ðim³³	pa³³ȵo⁴³	kiu⁴⁴hu⁵³	ȶo⁵³tsau³¹	tsɔu⁵⁵jɔu³³	tsʰu⁵³tsau³¹
刮锄	hoe (type of)	ȵiu³³	ȵəu³³	kwak⁵⁴ŋau³⁵	ȶuŋ³⁵ɕɛːt³⁵	kʰwa³¹klaːŋ⁵³	pʰɔŋ⁵³	a⁴⁴kat⁴⁴	kau⁵³tu³³	lu⁴⁴kwei³³	kwe³³
铲子	shovel	tsʰeːn⁵²	tsʰəŋ⁵³tsei⁵³	tuŋ³³ȶaŋ⁴³	ȶʰaːn⁴²	kʰjun⁵⁵	taŋ³³ɕaːn⁵³	a⁴⁴han²⁴	ȶʰan³⁵ȶʰan³⁵	tʰan³⁵	tɕʰan³⁵
耙子	rake	pa³¹	pa³¹	tuŋ³³pa³³	ʔpa³³	pa³¹	pa³¹	a⁴⁴pa⁵³	pa³¹	ba⁵⁵	pa⁵³
犁	plough	lai³¹	lai³¹	tuŋ³³gjai³³	gjai³³	ðai³¹	gai³¹	a⁴⁴hɛi⁵³	lai³¹	lai⁵⁵	ɣai⁵³
锥子	awl	tswei³³	dzuŋ³⁵	tθun⁴⁴	ȵuːi³⁵	tswei³⁵	ȵwei⁵³	tsui⁴⁴	tsui²⁴tsaŋ³⁵	tɕi³³	tɕy³³
推铇	remove	fwo⁵⁵	pʰau³¹tsei⁵³	tuŋ³³pau²²	ʔpaːu³²	paːu²²	paːu¹¹	pɛŋ⁵³han²⁴	tʰwəi³³pau⁴²	pɔu¹³	pau³¹
锉子	file	dʑou²⁴tu³¹	tsʰɔ³⁵tsei⁵³	ȡau²¹	dɔu³³¹	tsʰo⁵⁵	tau³²	ki⁴²tɔu⁵³	tsʰɔ²⁴tsɿ⁵³	kwɔŋ³³tɕiu⁵⁵
钻子	drill	dzun²⁴	tsaŋ²³²	tuŋ³³tθun²¹	kwɛi³⁵θun³³⁵	θun⁵⁵	foŋ⁵³θun⁵⁵	a⁴⁴tsjɛ⁵³	ȶʰa³³tsun²⁴	kiŋ³³kaŋ³³tsan³⁵
钳子	pliers, pincers	ɬje⁵⁵dʑiːm³¹	ja⁵⁴	tuŋ³³ȵap⁵⁴	gja¹²ȵɛːp³⁵	kim³¹	ȵɛp⁴³	ljɛ⁴⁴ȵɛp²²	gan⁵³gan⁵³	ke³⁵
凿子	chisel	tsu¹²	tsəu²¹	tθu²²	θu³²	θu²¹	θu³²	a⁴⁴hiu²²	tsʰu⁴²	tsjɔ⁵⁵	tsʰu⁵³
锯子	saw	dʑou²⁴	jəu³⁵	ȡou⁴⁴	ȡɔu³³⁵	gjau³⁵	jou³⁵	ki⁴²	ȡəu²⁴	tɕiu⁴⁴	kjəu⁴⁴
梯子	ladder	tʰei³³	tʰei³³	tei³¹	tʰɛi¹³	tʰei³³	tʰei³³	a⁴⁴hai⁴⁴	tʰəi³³	tʰi³³	tʰi³³
车子	vehicle, carriage	tsʰje³³	tsʰje³³tsei³³	sa³¹	ɕa¹³	sja³³	ɕa³³	a⁴⁴tsjɛ⁵³	ȶʰa³³	tɕʰa³³	tɕha³³
棍子	stick	pja⁵²	pa⁵³	pja⁵⁴⁵bja²²	ʔpja⁵⁵	pla⁵³	pla⁵³	ti⁵³ti⁵³	pə⁴²	klɛŋ⁴⁴	pɣa³⁵
碓	pestle	toːi²⁴	twa³⁵	tɔi⁴⁴	ʔtɔːi³³⁵	twaːi³⁵	tɔi³⁵	a⁴⁴dui⁴²	twai²⁴	di⁴⁴	twai⁴⁴
绳子	rope	ɬaːŋ³³	ɬaŋ³³	laŋ³¹	laːŋ¹³	laŋ³³	l̥aːŋ³³	a⁴⁴diu⁴²	ɬaŋ³³	ljaŋ³³	laŋ³³
箩筐	basket	laːi³¹	la³¹	daːn³⁵	kiːu³¹	ðaːi³¹	gaːi³¹	lɔu⁵³	hwəi⁵³lɔŋ⁴²	pu³¹	ɣai⁵³
梭子	shuttle		sɔ³³tsei⁵³	dlou³²	glɔu³¹	pjau³³θo³³	gou²¹³		sɔ³³	tɕan⁵⁵
弩	crossbow	n̥ak⁵⁵	nəu²³²	na⁵⁴	na⁴²	na¹²¹	daːŋ³⁵			nu⁴⁴
箭	arrow	tsin²⁴	tɕiŋ³⁵	tθɔŋ³⁵	θɔŋ³⁵	na⁵⁵	θin⁵⁵	tɛm⁴²	tsɛn²⁴	tsiŋ⁴⁴	tsiŋ⁴⁴
枪	gun	tsʰoŋ²⁴	tsʰoŋ³⁵	ȶɔŋ²¹	ȶʰɔŋ³³¹	səŋ⁵⁵	pa⁵³ɕwaŋ⁵⁵	a⁴⁴tsuŋ²⁴	ȶʰɔŋ²⁴	tɕʰɔŋ⁴⁴	tɕʰɔŋ⁴⁴
火药	gunpowder	fiu³³	fiu³³	tθiu³⁵	θiːu³⁵	θiu³³	θjeu⁵³	tsuŋ²⁴tsɛi⁴⁴	ɕau³³	siu³³
笔	pen	pat⁵⁵	pa⁵⁴	pat⁵⁴	ʔpat³⁵	pat⁵⁴	pat⁴³	a⁴⁴bit⁴⁴	pan⁵³	bæ³⁵	pai³³
墨	ink	maːt¹²	ma²¹	mak²¹	mak³²	ma²¹	ma³²	a⁴⁴ma²²	m̥ɔ⁴²	ma³²	mɔ⁵³
纸	paper	tsei⁵²	tsei⁵³	ȶei⁵⁴⁵	ȶɛi⁵⁵	tsei⁵³	tɕei⁵³	a⁴⁴tsi²⁴	ȶəi³⁵	tɕi³⁵	tɕi³⁵
铃	bell	liːŋ³¹	liŋ³¹	giːŋ³³	giːŋ³³	liŋ³¹	giŋ³¹	lɛŋ⁵³	klɔ²⁴	kluŋ⁴⁴
笛子	flute	wɛːŋ³¹dzat¹²	ti¹¹	bun⁴⁴blei⁴⁴	bu³³¹ʔtɛ⁵⁵		ho³⁵mɛ³⁵	a⁴⁴tɛt²²	wɛ³¹ȡan⁴²	siu³³kwən³⁵	tɕʰai⁵³
喇叭	trumpet	hau²⁴	su³¹na¹¹	ȡat²¹	bɔ³³hɔ³³¹	kə³¹saːu⁵³	ho⁵⁵toŋ²¹³		hɔ²⁴tɔ⁵³	bi³³li³⁵	pi³³li³³
锣	gong	lo³¹	lɔ³¹	lɔ³³	lɔ³³	lo³¹	lɔ³¹	a⁴⁴lɔu⁵³	lɔ³¹	nuŋ⁵⁵	lɔ⁵³
鼓	drum	dzu²³¹	dzu³²	ȡu³²	ȡu³¹	dzju¹²¹	dʑo²¹³	tiŋ⁴²ku⁴⁴tiŋ⁴⁴	du⁴²	tsu³¹	tɕʰu⁴⁴
钹	cymbals	po¹³tssei⁵²	po³¹tsei⁵³	duŋ³³faːt⁴²	ȡu³¹faːt³²	tsʰa⁵³	tɕʰaːu⁵⁵	kam⁴⁴kam⁴⁴tsɛi²²	tɕʰɛ⁵³tɕʰɛ⁵³	tɕʰɛ³¹
歌	song	dzuŋ³³	dzuŋ³³	ȡuŋ³⁵	ȡuŋ³⁵	dzjoŋ³³	dʑuŋ³³	a⁴⁴tsiŋ⁴⁴	ȡwə³³	vei⁵⁵	wei⁵³
梦	dream	bei²⁴	bei³⁵	bei⁴⁴	bɛi³³⁵	bei²²		bu⁴²	bəi²⁴	pi⁴⁴	pi⁴⁴sjeŋ³³
影子	shadow	ɛːŋ⁵²	ɛŋ⁵³	dlam⁴⁴	bu³³klɔːi³⁵	ki³¹kwjai³³	ɛŋ⁵³	a⁴⁴vɔn⁵³	ljɔ³¹ɛ³⁵	eŋ³⁵	jɯ³⁵

Verbs

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
抱(小孩)	hold (child) in arms	ɬoːp⁵⁵	ɬɔ⁵⁴	kjam⁵⁴⁵	kjam⁵⁵	pau³¹	pou³¹	djam⁴⁴	pəu³¹	pu³¹	pau⁵⁵
背(小孩)	carry (child) on back	ȵe²⁴	ȵe³⁵	men³⁵	mɛːn³⁵	ȵa³⁵	ȵa³⁵	ba⁴⁴	ȵa³⁵	ɛ⁴⁴	ȵa⁴³⁵
拌(猪食)	mix (pig food)	tɕʰou⁵²	pau³¹	tlo³⁵	lɔu⁵⁵	klau³³	klo³³	lau²⁴	plun⁴²	vɛŋ³¹
摆(动)	put (move)	gam⁵²	toŋ²³²	vaːi³²	ʔpaːt³²	vjeːt⁴⁵	jɔp³²	ȵɔu²²	ma³⁵	ŋiɛ³¹
绑(住)	tie	sai³³	du³¹	paŋ⁵⁴⁵	ʔpaːŋ⁵⁵	θai³³	ɕai³³	dɔu⁵³	paŋ⁵³	tɔ⁵⁵
绊(脚)	trip (leg)	pʰaːn²⁴	pʰaŋ³⁵	paŋ²¹	kʰwan³³¹	kʰwaŋ⁵⁵	kʰwaŋ⁵⁵	liu⁵³	pan²⁴	pʰan⁴⁴	pʰan⁴⁴
簸(米)	bump (rice)	ȵom²⁴	ȵ̥uŋ³⁵	ȵom²¹	ȵum³³¹	ȵəm⁵⁵	ȵum⁵⁵	num⁴²	ȵ̥ən¹³	nœn⁴⁴	pwaŋ³³
(虫子)爬	crawl (of insect)	ȵ̥oːn³³	ȵɔŋ³³	ȵɔːŋ³⁵	ȵɔːŋ³⁵	ȵɔːŋ³³	pla³¹	ȵap⁴⁴	ȵ̥wan⁵³	ba³³	pɣaŋ³¹
(不)怕	(not) afraid	ka³¹dzje²⁴	hɛ⁵⁴	kom³³ȡa²¹	kum³³ȡa³³¹	dzja⁵⁵	dʑa⁵⁵	dzjɛ⁴²	kʰən⁵³ȡa²⁴	tɕiu¹³	tsʰa⁴³³
跑	run	tʰiu²⁴	pau³⁵	tiu²¹	thiu³³¹	tʰiu⁵⁵	kʰiu⁵⁵	piu⁴²	dzan⁵³	plou⁴⁴	pɣau⁴⁴
梦(见)	dream (see)	bei²⁴	bei³⁵	bei⁴⁴	bɛi³³⁵	bei³³		bɛn⁴²	bəi²⁴	pi⁴⁴	pi⁴⁴
迷(路)	become lost	mei³¹		lɔŋ⁴³	lɔŋ⁴²	ləŋ⁵³		dzau⁵³	ta²⁴	mi²²
摸(着)	touch	ɬwo³³	lwə²³²	bla³²	lɔm³⁵	mwa³³	lwa³³	bɛn⁵³	mɔ⁵³	meu³¹
埋	bury	pjop⁵⁵	pəu⁵⁴	mɔk³²	mɔːk³⁵	mu⁵³	plop³²	tɔŋ⁴²	tsaŋ²⁴	tsuŋ⁴⁴	pwa⁵⁵
买(肉)	buy (meat)	maːi²³¹	ma²³²	maːi³²	maːi³¹	mai³³	maːi³⁵	mai⁴⁴	nɔŋ⁴²	mai³¹	nɔŋ³¹
卖(柴)	sell (firewood)	maːi¹³	ma¹¹	maːi²²	maːi³²	mai²²	maːi¹¹	mai²²	ma⁴²	mai¹³	mai³¹
没有	not have	maiː⁵²	ma⁵³təu⁵⁴	ma³⁵naːi³³	ma³⁵naːi³³	m̩³⁵mai³¹	m̩³⁵maːi⁵³	ŋ̩⁵³nɔu⁵³	ɬa⁴²	ma¹³	mei⁵³mui³¹
飞	fly	dai²⁴	dai³⁵	dai²¹	dai³³¹	dai⁵⁵	dai⁵⁵	sɛi⁴⁴	dai²⁴	pʰwei³³	pʰɯi³³
问	ask	naːi¹³	na¹¹	naːi²²	naːi³²	naːi²²	naːi¹¹	nɔi²²	na⁴²	nwei¹³	nai³¹
望	look	maŋ¹³	maŋ¹¹	maŋ²²	maːŋ³²	nom⁵³	ȵou⁵⁵	ljau⁴²	mə⁴²	ŋɔ⁴⁴	mɯ³¹
挖	dig	mwo⁵⁵	wei⁵⁴	veːt²⁴	vɛːt³⁵	vjet⁵⁴	vet⁴³	vɛt⁴⁴	un⁵³	ve³⁵	hwa³³
答	answer	tau³³	tau³³	taːu³⁵	ʔtaːp³⁵	ta³³	taːp⁴³	du⁴⁴	dau³³	dja³³	ta³¹
躲(藏)	hide	piːŋ²⁴	piŋ³⁵	mɛm⁵⁴⁵	ʔtu³³⁵	meŋ³⁵	mɛŋ³⁵	ba²²	tɕen²⁴	pɔ³¹tsu³¹	pʰɔ⁴⁴
懂	understand	pei³³	du⁵⁴	sa³⁵	ʔpɛi³⁵	pei³³	pei³³	bɛi⁴⁴	ɕjɛ³⁵	bi³³	tɔŋ³¹
跳	jump	tʰiu²⁴	tʰiu³⁵	dɛŋ³⁵	dɛːŋ³⁵	piu³³	dit⁴³	dɛu⁴⁴	diu²⁴	diu⁴⁴	tʰjau⁴⁴
听	listen	mwaŋ²⁴	mwəŋ³⁵	muŋ²¹	muŋ³³¹	moŋ⁵⁵	moŋ⁵⁵	maŋ⁴²	m̥ɔŋ²⁴	maŋ⁴⁴	mɔŋ⁴⁴
偷	steal	nim¹³	niŋ¹¹	nim²²	mim³²	nim²²	nim¹¹	ȵɛm²²	tʰəi³³	niŋ¹³	niŋ³¹
走	go	jaŋ³¹	jaŋ³¹	jaŋ³³	jaŋ³³	jaŋ³¹	jaŋ³¹	dzaŋ⁵³	ȵaŋ³¹	jaŋ⁵⁵	ȵaŋ⁵³
去	walk	miːŋ³¹	miŋ³¹	niŋ³³	niŋ³³	miŋ³¹	miŋ³¹	mi⁵³	pun⁵³	bwɔ³⁵	ȵaŋ³¹
来	come	taːi³¹	ta³¹	taːi³³	ʔtaːi³³	taːi³¹	taːi³¹	tɛi⁵³	ta³¹	la³¹	tai⁵³
聋	deaf	duŋ³³	duŋ³³	doŋ³⁵	duŋ³⁵	ðəŋ³¹	goŋ³¹	dɔŋ⁴⁴	dwə³³	djɔŋ³³	ɣɔŋ⁵³
流(水)	flow (water)	ljou¹³	ljəu¹¹	gjou²²	gjɔu³²	ðjəu²²	gjeu¹¹	li²²	tʰwəi³³	ljɔu¹³	ɣəu³¹
烂	rotten	hu⁵²	hu⁵³	jɔːt²⁴	jɔːt³⁵	hu⁵³	ho⁵³	vu²⁴	hu³⁵	meu³⁵	fu³⁵
算	count	fun²⁴	fuŋ³⁵	tθuŋ⁴⁴	θun³³⁵	θun³⁵	θun³⁵	da²⁴	sun²⁴	sun⁴⁴	sun⁴⁴
知道	know	pei³³	pei³³	pei³⁵	ʔpɛi³⁵	pei³³	pei³³	bɛi⁴⁴	pəi³³	bi³³	hi³³tu⁵⁵
站	stand	sou⁵²	səu⁵³	bɔp³²	bɔːp¹²	θau⁵³	ɕou⁵³	fu²⁴	səu³⁵	ɕiu³⁵	ɕu³⁵
织(布)	weave (cloth)	dat⁵⁵	da⁵⁴	dat⁵⁴	dat³⁵	dat⁵⁴	dat⁴³	dat⁴⁴	dan⁵³	tæ³⁵	tai⁵⁵
吃	eat	ȵen¹³	ȵəŋ¹¹	ȵin²²	ȵin³²	ȵin²²	ȵen¹¹	ȵan²²	ȵin⁴²	ȵen¹³	ŋjən³¹
吹(木叶)	blow (leaf)	pjom⁵²	bəu³³	pjam⁵⁴⁵	ʔpjam⁵⁵	pʰləm⁵³	pwəm⁵³	sui⁴²	ȶʰui³³	tɕʰi³³	pwan³⁵
杀(猪)	kill (pig)	tai²⁴	tai³⁵	tai⁴⁴	ʔtai³³⁵	tai³⁵	tai³⁵	dai⁴²	tai²⁴	ljaŋ³⁵	djai⁴³⁵
说	say	koːŋ⁵²	kɔŋ⁵³	kɔŋ⁵⁴⁵	kɔːŋ⁵⁵	koŋ⁵³	kɔŋ⁵³	kɔŋ²⁴	ȶɔ³⁵	kloŋ³⁵	kjɔ³⁵
烧(山)	burn (mountain)	pwo⁵²	pwə⁵³	pu⁵⁴⁵	ʔpu⁵⁵	pu⁵³	pu⁵³	bu²⁴	pau³⁵	bɔu³⁵	pəu³⁵
睡	sleep	pwei²⁴	pwei³⁵	fei⁴⁴	fɛi³³⁵	pwei³⁵	pwei³⁵	bui⁴²	mi²⁴	bi⁴⁴	pwei⁴⁴
筛(米)	sieve (rice)	lo³¹	hwai³³	tθaːi³¹	θaːi¹³	kjei³³	ɕai³³	kɛi⁴²	sɛ³³	le³³	ɕe³³
吸(血)	suck (blood)	so⁵⁵	so⁵⁴	duːt³¹	duːt³⁵	ðut⁵⁴	ȵei¹¹	tit⁴⁴	dzun⁵³	tɕy³⁵	tsɔ⁵⁵
想(回家)	think (of going home)	n̥am⁵²	sjaŋ⁵³	ȵei³³	ȵɛi³³	lam⁵³	lam⁵³	sjaŋ²⁴	caŋ⁵³	saŋ³³	saŋ³³
(狗)咬	bite (of dog)	tap¹²	ta²¹	tap²¹	ʔtap³²	tap²¹	tap³²	ŋau⁴⁴	tʰan⁴²	tæ²²	tʰai⁵³
有	have	ma:i³¹	ma³¹	na:i³³	naːi³³	maːi³¹	maːi³¹	bɔt⁴⁴	ma³¹	mai⁵⁵	mai⁵³
过(河)	cross (river)	kwje²⁴	kje³⁵	kui⁴⁴	kuːi³³⁵	kwai³⁵	kwɔi³⁵	kɛi⁴²	kwa²⁴	kwei⁴⁴	tɕwei⁴⁴
哭	cry, weep	ȵom⁵²	ȵəŋ⁵³	ȵim⁵⁴⁵	ȵin⁵⁵	ȵim⁵³	njem⁵³	ȵɛm²⁴	ȵan³⁵	ȵan³⁵	ȵwa³⁵
啃	gnaw	ɬai²⁴	gei³⁵	sɛt⁵⁴	ɕɛːt³⁵	tap²¹	ŋaːt³²	dɛu²²	kʰlən³⁵	tæ³¹	kau³⁵
喝(水)	drink (water)	hop⁵⁵	həp⁵⁴	hɔp³²	hɔp¹²	həp⁴³	hop⁴³	həu⁵⁴	hup⁴⁴	hə³⁵	hwa⁵⁵
呕吐	vomit	lu⁵²	u⁵³	o⁵⁴⁵	o⁵⁵	u⁵³	ou⁵³	lu⁵³	fɔn⁴⁴	u³⁵	ɣəu³⁵
种(玉米)	plant (corn)	tswaŋ²⁴	tiŋ³³	sɔŋ⁴⁴	ɕɔŋ³³⁵	tsəŋ³⁵	tɕwəŋ³⁵	tsuŋ⁴²	ȶɔŋ²⁴	tɕɔŋ⁴⁴	tsɔŋ⁴³⁵

Adjectives

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
恶	evil	o⁵⁵	o²²	ɔk⁵⁴	ho³²	o²²	a⁴³	ɔ⁵³		ɔu²²	ɔ⁵³
白	white	pɛ¹²	pje²¹	pɛ²²	ʔpa³²	pje²¹	pɛ³²	pɛ²¹	pa²²	ba⁵⁵	pʰje⁵³
饱满	full	tɕau³¹	kau³¹	kjau³³	kjaːu³³	kjau³¹	kjau³¹	tu⁵³	klau³¹	tɕɔŋ⁴⁴
薄	thin (width)	pje¹²	pje²¹	fa²²	fa³²	pwa²¹	pwa³²	pjɛ²²	blɔ³⁵	bɔu⁵⁵	pʰja⁵³
饱	full, satiated	peu⁵²	pei⁵³	pjeu⁵⁴⁵	ʔpɛu⁵⁵	pjəu⁵³	peu⁵³	bɛu²⁴	pjau³⁵	jan³³	pje³⁵
漂浮	floating	bjou³¹	bjəu³¹	bjou³³	bjɔu³³	bjəu³¹	bjeu³¹	bɛu⁵³	bjau³¹	pjɔu⁵⁵	pjau⁵³
漂亮	beautiful	dzwei¹³	kwai³³	kwai⁵⁴⁵	kwaːi⁵⁵	ðjaŋ³¹ðei²²	gɔŋ³¹	bɔt⁴⁴hiŋ⁴²	tsəi⁴²tɕɛ³⁵	kleu³⁵	tsjaŋ⁴³³
密	dense	ma¹²	ma²¹	nuŋ²²	nuŋ³³	ma²¹	ma³²	mɔu²²	bai⁴²	ma²²	ma⁵³
满	full	pwaŋ⁵²	pwəŋ⁵³	pɔŋ⁵⁴⁵	ʔpɔŋ⁵⁵	pəŋ⁵³	pwəŋ⁵³	baŋ²⁴	pɔŋ³⁵	baŋ³⁵	pwəŋ³⁵
忙	busy	pe⁵⁵	koŋ³³tɕəŋ⁵³	kɔːn⁴⁴	kɔːn⁵⁵	ȵaŋ³⁵	mɔŋ²¹³	kin⁴²	ȶan⁵³	kluŋ⁵⁵
偏(斜)	crooked	pʰjen³³	pʰjəŋ³³	ȡa³⁵	ȡa³⁵	ȵiŋ³⁵	pʰjen³³	tɛu²⁴	tɕɛ³⁵	pʰen³³	pʰeŋ³³
慢	slow	ton¹³	maŋ¹¹	maːn²²	man³²	man²²	man¹¹	man²²	man⁴²	man¹³	tun³¹
(刀)锋利	sharp (knife)	lai¹³	lai¹¹	gjai²²	gjai³²	ðaːi²²	gai¹¹	hɛi²²	lai⁴²	lai¹³	ɣai³¹
腻	greasy	ȵaŋ²⁴	kuŋ¹¹	kun²²	kun³²	hjun²²	kun¹¹	tin²²	njaŋ²⁴	jen³¹	kɔ³⁵
旺	fortuitous	ɕaːŋ²⁴	hjaŋ³⁵	hɔŋ⁴³	hɔŋ⁴²	hoːŋ²²	hoŋ¹¹	sa²²	hən²⁴	lu³³
(刀)钝	dull (knife)	doːŋ⁵²	dəŋ⁵³	plun⁵⁴⁵	blun⁵⁵	mut⁴⁵	mu⁴³	tun⁵³	lwɔi³¹	tɕɛ³¹
短	short	naŋ⁵²	naŋ⁵³	niŋ⁵⁴⁵	niŋ⁵⁵	naŋ⁵³	naŋ⁵³	naŋ⁵³	naŋ³⁵	naŋ³⁵	naŋ³⁵
(胆)大	brave	ɬu³³	lu²³²	lu³¹	lu¹³	lu³³	lo³³	lɔu⁴⁴	ɔ⁵³	lu¹³	lu³³
大(山)	big (mountain)	tom³¹	tuŋ³¹	lu³¹	lu¹³	tʰom³¹	tʰɔm³¹	tam⁵³	tin⁴²	dæn⁵⁵	tan⁵³
低	low	ai⁵²	ai⁵³	ha³²	ha³¹	ha¹²¹	ha²¹³	ɛi²⁴	hɔ⁴²	ai³⁵	ai³⁵
淡	light (porridge)	tsaːm⁵²	tsaŋ⁵³	tθam⁵⁴⁵	θaːm⁵⁵	θaːm⁵³	θaːm⁵³	tɔm²⁴	tsan³⁵	tœn³¹	tsan³⁵
多	many	tsʰam⁵²	tsʰaŋ⁵³	duŋ⁴⁴	duŋ³³⁵	tsoŋ³³	tɕuŋ³³	tsɔŋ⁴⁴	njɛn³⁵	kʰu³⁵	tɕu³³
早	early	dzjou⁵²	dzjəu⁵³	gjou⁵⁴⁵	gjɔu⁵⁵	ðjəu⁵³	djeu⁵³	du²⁴	djau³⁵	tsjɔu³⁵	tjəu³⁵
酸	sour	suːi³³	sui³³	tθui³¹	θuːi¹³	θui³³	ɕui³³	si⁴⁴	swəi³³	ɕi³³	ɕui³³
甜	sweet	kaːm³³	kaŋ³³	kaːm³⁵	kaːm³⁵	kaːm³³	kaːm³³	dɔi⁵³	kan³³	kwɔn³³	kan³³
脏(水)	dirty (water)	lai³¹tʰaːt⁵⁵	lu³¹fəu⁵³	tlo³³	klu³³	mwa³⁵	mwa³⁵	ɔu⁴⁴tɔu⁴⁴	lɛ⁴²tʰɛ³⁵	u³³tsu³³	lje⁴³³tʰje³⁵
吝啬	stingy	fiu⁵²laːŋ¹³	lai¹¹	tθai²¹	hɔ³²θɛːk³⁵	ȵan³⁵	ɕai⁵⁵	hum⁴⁴lɔu⁴⁴	tɕɛn³³	ma³¹si⁵⁵
亮	bright	gwjaŋ³³	gjaŋ³³	gwaŋ³⁵	gwaŋ³⁵	gwaŋ³³	gwaŋ³³	vjaŋ⁴⁴	gwaŋ³³	koŋ³³	kjaŋ³³
老	old (person)	ku²⁴	ku³⁵	ko⁴⁴	ko³³⁵	ku³⁵	ko³⁵	ku⁴²	ku²⁴	ku⁴⁴	ku⁴⁴
懒	lazy	lwei¹³	lwei¹¹	lei²²	lɛi³²	lwei²²	lwei¹¹	lan⁴⁴	lwəi⁴²	le¹³	lwai³¹
烂(瓜)	rotten (melon)	hu⁵²	hu⁵³	jɔːt²⁴	jɔːt³⁵	hu⁵³	vai¹¹	vai²²	wjə³¹	meu³⁵	fu³⁵
绿(叶)	green (leaf)	mɛːŋ³³	mɛŋ³³	mɛŋ³⁵	mɛːŋ³⁵	mjeŋ³³	mɛŋ³³	mɛŋ⁴⁴	mɛ³³	miŋ³³	mjɯ³³
(水)凉	cold (water)	nam²⁴	naŋ³⁵	tθiŋ⁴⁴	θiŋ³³⁵	θiŋ³⁵	θiŋ³⁵	liŋ⁵³	nan²⁴	nan⁴⁴	nan⁴⁴
凉(饭)	cold (rice)	nam²⁴	naŋ³⁵	nam⁴⁴	nam³³⁵	nam³⁵	nam³⁵	liŋ⁵³	nan²⁴	nan⁴⁴	nan⁴⁴
(天气)冷	cold (weather)	tɕwaŋ⁵²	tɕwəŋ⁵³	sɔŋ⁵⁴⁵	ɕɔŋ⁵⁵	kjəŋ⁵³	tɕwəŋ⁵³	kuŋ²⁴	ȶɔŋ³⁵	tɕɔŋ³⁵	kjɔŋ³⁵
蔽(布)	cover (cloth)	mɛːŋ²⁴	mɛŋ³³	mɛŋ³⁵	mɛːŋ³⁵	bu⁵³	bu⁵³	mɛŋ⁴⁴	mɛ³³	kʰoŋ³⁵	mjɯ³³
辣	spicy	bjaːt¹²	ba²¹	bjaːt⁴²	bjaːt³²	blaːt²¹	blaːt³²	bjɛt²²	blan⁴²	plæ²²	pʰɣai⁵³
酽(茶)	strong (tea)	noŋ³¹	nuŋ³¹	nok²¹	ʔtɔŋ³³⁵	ȵoŋ³¹	ŋaːm¹¹	nuŋ⁵³	nwə³¹	njɔŋ⁵⁵	njɔŋ⁵³
难	difficult	naːn³¹	naŋ³¹	ȶou⁴³	naːn³³	naːn³¹	naːn³¹	nan⁵³	ȶa⁵³	tɕwei³³	nan⁵³
直	straight	tsa¹²	tsa²¹	ȶa²²	ȶa³²	tsa²¹	tɕa³²	laŋ⁴⁴	glaŋ³¹	pliŋ³⁵	pɣaŋ³¹
整齐	neat	dzoːi³¹	tsaŋ⁵³dzwa³¹	ti³³bɛŋ³³	ɕai³³	tsin⁵³tsʰi³¹	pɛŋ³¹	tam⁴⁴	dzwai³¹	tsai⁵⁵	tsai⁵³
重	heavy	n̥je⁵²	ȵe⁵³	ni⁴³	ni⁴²	ni⁵³	n̥i⁵³	nɛi²⁴	n̥i³⁵	ŋe³⁵	ȵwei³⁵
窄	narrow	hep¹²	ei²¹	heːp⁴²	gɛːp³²	hjep²¹	hep³²	hɛp²²	hjɛn⁴²	he²²	hje⁵³
(粥)稠	thick (porridge)	dʑat¹²	je²¹	kat²¹	kat³⁵	mo⁵⁴	mɔk⁴³	gɛŋ⁵³	njau³¹	pa²²ve¹³	ȵəu³¹
丑	ugly	tsʰjou⁵²	tsʰjəu⁵³	ȡai³²	li³³kʰam³²	sjəu⁵³	θam¹¹		dzaŋ³³kwai²⁴	lai⁴⁴	tsʰəu³⁵
臭	smelly	tswei²⁴	tswei³⁵	tθei⁴⁴	θɛi³³⁵	θwei³⁵	θwei³⁵	ti⁴²	tswəi²⁴	tse⁴⁴	tswai⁴³⁵
迟	late	tsai³¹	tsai³¹	tai³³	ȶai³³	tsai³¹	tɕai³¹	ɔn⁴²	ȶai³¹	tsai⁵⁵	tɕai⁵³
长	long	daːu⁵²	da⁵³	daːu⁵⁴⁵	daːu⁵⁵	daːu⁵³	daːu⁵³	du²⁴	da³⁵	dɔu³⁵	tau³⁵
湿(衣服)	wet (clothes)	doːn³³	dwaŋ³³	dɔn³⁵	dɔːn³⁵	gai¹²¹	jai²¹³	kap²²	dʑi⁴²	tən³³	twən³³
毒(蛇)	poisonous (snake)	tu¹²	tu²¹	dɔːk²¹	dɔːk³²	tu²¹	tok³²	tɔp²⁴	du⁴²	tu²²	tu⁵³
少	few	tsu¹²	tsu²¹	tθɔ²²	θɔ³²	θu²¹	θo³²	hu²²	tsʰɔ⁴²	tsɔ²²	tsʰɔ⁵³
深	deep	du³³	du³³	do³⁵	do³⁵	du³³	do³³	sjam⁴⁴	du³³	du³³	du³³
瘦(肉)	lean (meat)	tɕai¹³	kai¹¹	kjai²²	kjai³²	θiŋ³³	kje¹¹	kɛi²²	in⁵³	klai¹³	kɣai³¹
潮湿	moist, damp	tsiu³¹wjun¹³	n̥aŋ³³	nam⁴³	dɔːn³⁵	tsiu³¹haːn²²	nam¹¹	fat⁴⁴ȵau²⁴	un³¹	tɕiu⁵⁵
软	soft	mau³³	mau³³	da³³mei²²	nɛi³²	du³¹mui²²	du³¹mwei¹¹	mai²²	mi⁴²	jɔn⁵⁵	nuŋ³¹
(天气)热	hot (weather)	wjo⁵⁵	wjə⁵⁴	kjɔm³⁵	kjɔːm³⁵	kjoːm³³	kɔm³³	tsam⁴⁴	klan³³	hɔŋ³⁵	kɣɔn³³
(水)热	hot (water)	tɕoːm³³	kɔŋ³³	kjɔm³⁵	kjɔːm³⁵	kjoːm³³	kɔm³³	tsam⁴⁴	bəi²⁴	klœn³³	kɣɔn³³
尖	sharp	dzim³¹	dziŋ³¹	gjai²²	gjai³²	ðim³³	dim³³	hɛi²²	kli³⁵	tɕi³³	tsin³³
近	near	fat⁵⁵	fa⁵⁴	tθat⁵⁴	θat³⁵	θat⁵⁴	θat⁴³	tsan²²	tɕin⁴²	tɕen¹³	kjən³¹
久	long	lau³¹	lau³¹	lau³³	daːu³³	lau³¹	lau³¹	lu⁵³	nai³¹	nai¹³	nai³¹
旧	old (thing)	lu²³¹	tɕəu¹¹	lo⁴⁴	lu³⁵	lou¹²¹	lou²¹³	ku⁴⁴	lu²⁴	lu³¹	lu³¹
结实	strong	bap⁵⁵tsjet¹²	tɕəŋ³³	taŋ⁴³	ȶit³⁵	ma⁴³	ma⁴³	tip⁴⁴	blə⁴²	lɔŋ⁴⁴	dwa³³ɕi³³
青(菜)	green (vegetables)	mɛːŋ³³	mɛŋ³³	mɛŋ³⁵	mɛːŋ³⁵	mjeŋ³³	mɛŋ³³	mɛŋ⁴⁴	mɛ³³	miŋ³³	mjɯ³³
齐	even	dzoːi³¹	dzwa³¹	dðɔi³³	ɕai³³	ðwai³¹	dɔi³¹	dai⁵³	dzwai³¹	tsai⁵⁵	tsai⁵³
勤	diligent	tɕen³¹	tɕəŋ³¹	vaːi²²	ʔpɛ³²hɔu³²	su³¹həu⁵³	bwai¹¹	di²⁴ku⁵³	gwai⁴²	kwei¹³	pwai³¹
轻	light (weight)	heŋ³³	həŋ³³	sou³¹	ɕɔu¹³	θjəu³³	ɕeu³³	bɛu⁴⁴	hjau³³	ɕɔu³³	ɕəu³³
咸	salty	dzaːi³¹	dza³¹	dai³³	daːi³³	ðaːi³¹	daːi³¹	dɔi⁵³	dza³¹	tswei⁵⁵	tsa⁵³
香	fragrant	daːŋ³³	daŋ³³	daŋ³⁵	daːŋ³⁵	daŋ³³	daːŋ³³	dɔŋ⁴⁴	daŋ³³	tɔŋ³³	daŋ³³; taŋ³³
(胆)小	timid	fai²⁴	mwəŋ³⁵	kjen³⁵	kjɛːn³⁵	mun⁵³	ni³⁵	hɛi⁴²	ŋjɛ³⁵	se³³	sai³³
(粉)细	fine (powder)	mwan¹³	mwəŋ¹¹	min²²	kjɛːn³⁵	mun⁵³	mwən¹¹	mun²²	mun⁴²	mwɔn¹³	mwən³¹
(价钱)贵	expensive	tɕaːi²⁴	tɕwa³⁵	sai⁴⁴	ɕaːi³³⁵	kʷjai⁵⁵⁵	tɕwai⁵⁵	kui⁴²	ȶwai²⁴	tɕi⁴⁴	tɕwei⁴⁴
干净	clean	koːn³³dzeŋ¹³	dzəŋ¹¹	dðaŋ²²	daŋ³²	ðaŋ²²	daŋ¹¹	ljaŋ⁵³li²²	sɔ²⁴ljəi³¹	ljaŋ⁵⁵li¹³	tsaŋ³¹hɣɔ³³
高	high, tall	ɬaŋ³³	ɬaŋ³³	gjaŋ³¹	gjaŋ¹³	ðaŋ³³	gaŋ³³	dzɔŋ⁴⁴	ɬaŋ³³	laŋ³³	hɣaŋ³³
光滑	smooth	bjaːŋ¹³	bwaŋ¹¹	bjaŋ⁵⁴⁵gɔːt⁴²	gwaŋ³⁵gɔt³²	gwaŋ³³gut²¹	gwaŋ³³	vjaŋ⁴⁴gɑt²²	gwan⁴²	kwɛ³¹	kʰwɯ⁵³
快	fast	sjop⁵⁵	sje⁵⁴	kan⁵⁴⁵	kan⁵⁵	kʰjan³³	tɕep⁴³	tsɔn²⁴	kʰwa²⁴	kwei⁴⁴	kʰwai⁴⁴
宽	wide	kwjaŋ⁵²	kjaŋ⁵³	gwaŋ⁵⁴⁵	kwaŋ⁵⁵	kwaŋ⁵³	kwaŋ⁵³	kjaŋ²⁴	kwaŋ³⁵	kʰwe³³	kjaŋ³⁵
稀	thin, diluted (liquid)	sa³³	sa³³	tθa³¹	θa¹³	θa³³	ɕa³³	ha⁴⁴	lɔ³¹	sa³³	ɕa³³
苦	bitter	iːm³³	iŋ³³	im³⁵	im³⁵	im³³	im³³	jɛm⁴⁴	in³³	iŋ³³	iŋ³³
圆	round	tɕun³¹	guŋ³¹	tlun³³	klun³³	kjun³¹	klun³¹	vin⁵³	klin³¹	kleŋ⁵⁵	kɣəŋ⁵³
远	far	ku³³	ku³³	ko³⁵	ku³⁵	ku³³	ko³³	kɔu⁴⁴	ku³³	ku³³	ku³³
黑	black	tɕe⁵⁵	kje⁵⁴	kja²⁴	kja³⁵	kja⁵⁴	kje⁴³	kjɛ⁴⁴	kja⁵³	klja³⁵	kɣa⁵⁵
厚	thick (width)	hu²³¹	u²³²	hu³²	hu³¹	hu¹²¹	ho²¹³	hu⁴⁴	hau⁴²	hɔu³¹	həu⁴³³
红	red	si⁵⁵	sei⁵⁴	tθi³¹	θi¹²	θi⁵⁴	ɕi⁴³	sjɛ⁴⁴	kɔŋ³¹; ɕi⁵³	hɔŋ⁵⁵	hɔŋ⁵³
好(吃)	delicious	kʰu³¹	kʰu⁵³	kui⁴³	kʰui⁵⁵	ku¹²¹	ko²¹³	kɔm⁴⁴	ka⁴²	kʰu³³	kʰu⁵³
好(人)	good (person)	loŋ²⁴	noŋ³⁵	gɔŋ⁴⁴	gɔŋ³³⁵	ðəŋ³⁵	gwəŋ³⁵	dzɔŋ⁴²	lɔŋ²⁴	lɔŋ⁴⁴	ɣɔŋ⁴⁴
(水)浑	muddy (water)	dʑu¹²	gu²¹	dlɔ²²	glɔ³²	gju²¹	glo³²	nɔu⁴⁴	nɔ⁵³	nɔ³⁵	kʰɣɔ⁵³
黄	yellow	wjaŋ³¹	wjaŋ³¹	waŋ³³	vaŋ³³	vaŋ³¹	waŋ³¹	vjaŋ⁵³	waŋ³¹	vuŋ⁵⁵	jaŋ⁵³
荒(地)	fallow (land)	hwaːŋ³³	hwaŋ³³	gjaŋ⁴⁴	bu³¹	hwaŋ³³	ɕe³⁵	fjaŋ⁴⁴	gwaŋ³³	fɔŋ³³
(路)滑	slippery (road)	bjaːŋ¹³	bwaŋ¹¹	gɔːt⁴²	gət³²	gwət²¹	gut³²	gut²²	gwan⁴²	kwɛ³¹	kʰwɯ⁵³
灰色	gray	bwo⁵²	bwə⁵³	bu⁴³	bu⁴²	hwei²²	bu³¹	hɔŋ²⁴	bau³⁵	ɕi³⁵	pʰəu³⁵

Numerals

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
一	one	jet¹²	ji²³; i²¹	a³³	a³³	no³⁵	jit⁴³	a⁴⁴	i³³	i³⁵	i³³
二	two	i³³	i³³	i³⁵	i³⁵	i³³	vi³³	vi⁴²	wəi³³	vi³³	wei³³
三	three	pwo³³	pwə³³	po³⁵	ʔpu³⁵	pu³³	pu³³	bu⁴²	pau³³	vɔu³³	pəu³³
四	four	pjei³³	pei³³	pjei³⁵	ʔpjɛi³⁵	plei³³	pje³³	pɛi⁴²	pləi³³	pli³³	pɣɯi³³
五	five	pja³³	pa³³	pja³⁵	ʔpja³⁵	pla³³	pla³³	pjɛ⁴²	pla³³	pla³³	pɣa³³
六	six	tɕu⁵⁵	ku⁵³	kjɔ²⁴	kjɔ³⁵	kju⁵⁴	kwo⁴³	tɔu⁴⁴	klɔ⁵³	klɔ³⁵	pɣɔ⁵⁵
七	seven	sje¹³	sje¹¹	ȵi²²	ȵi³²	ŋi²²	ȵi¹¹	ȵi²²	ni⁴²	ŋi¹³	ɕi³¹
八	eight	ɕet¹²	hje²¹	jɛt²¹	jɛːt³²	jat²¹	jat³²	dzat²²	hjɛn⁴²	jæ²²	hjɯ⁵³
九	nine	dwo³¹	dwə³¹	du³³	du³³	du³¹	du³¹	ku⁵³	iu³¹	tɕu⁵⁵	du⁵³
十	ten	tsjop¹²	tsje²¹	sap²¹	ɕap³²	sjəp²¹	ɕep³²	sjɛp²²	ȶʰan⁴²	tɕæ²²	tɕʰwa⁵³
一百	one hundred	jet¹²pɛ⁵⁵	ji³¹pɛ⁵⁴	a³³pɛ³⁵	a³³ʔpɛ³⁵	i³¹pe⁵⁴	jet⁴³pɛ⁴³	a⁴⁴ba⁴⁴	i³³pɛ⁵³	i³⁵ba³⁵	i³³pje⁵⁵
一千	one thousand	jet¹²tsʰin³³	ji³¹tsʰiŋ³³	a³³tin³¹	a³³tʰin¹³	i³¹θin³³	jet⁴³θin³³	a⁴⁴hun⁴⁴	i³³tɕʰɛn³³	i³⁵tsʰjen³³	i³³tsʰin³³
一万	ten thousand	jet¹²waːn¹³	ji³¹waŋ¹¹	a³³maːn²²	a³³maːn³²	i³¹vam²²	jet⁴³maːn¹¹	a⁴⁴van²²	i³³wən⁴²	i³⁵veŋ¹³	i³³wan³¹

Pronouns

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
我	I	je³³	je³³	ja³⁵	ja³⁵	ja³³	ja³³	tsjɛ⁴⁴	kəu³⁵	kɔ²²	ku⁵⁵
你	you (sg.)	mwei³¹	mwei³¹	mei³³	mɛi³³	mui³¹	mwei³¹	mui⁵³	məi³¹	ȵɔ³⁵	mi⁵³
他	he	nen³¹	nei³¹; nəŋ³¹	nan³³	nan³³	nən³¹	nan³¹	vɛi⁴⁴	nin³¹	dɛ³⁵	ti⁵⁵
我们	we	je³³bwo³³	je³³bwə³³	bu³⁵	bu³⁵	ja³³bu³³	ja³³lɔi²¹³	bu⁴⁴	ȶa³⁵	kɔ²²va³⁵	ku⁵⁵pu³³
你们	you (pl.)	mwei³¹bwo³³	mwei³¹bwə³³	ȵou³³	ȵɔu³³	mui³¹bu³³	mwei³¹lɔi²¹³	ȵiu²⁴	ȡa³⁵	ȵɔ³⁵va³³	mi⁵³pu³³
他们	they	nen³¹bwo³³	nei³¹bwə³³	nan³³tθi³⁵	nan³³θɛ³⁵	nən³¹bu³³	nan³¹lɔi²¹³	vɛi⁴⁴dui²⁴	a³³tau³¹	dɛ³⁵va⁵³	ti⁵⁵pu³³

Function words

Chinese gloss	English meaning	Guangdian Mien (Jiangdi)	Xiangnan Mien (Miaoziyuan)	Diangui Kim Mun (Liangzi)	Fanghai Kim Mun (Tansan)	Changping Mien [Biao Mon]	Luoxiang Mien	Daping Dzao Min	Dongshan Biao Min	Shikou Biao Min [Chao Kong Meng]	Niuweizhai Biao Min [Moxi]
这	this	naːi⁵²	na⁵³	nei⁵⁴⁵	nɛi⁴²	ni³¹	nei⁵³	na²⁴	na³⁵	ŋ̩³⁵	m̩⁵⁵
那	that	wo⁵²	wo⁵³	wa⁵⁴⁵	va⁵⁵	u⁵³	wa⁵³	vɛi⁴²	wə³⁵	a³⁵	ha³¹
这里	here	naːi⁵²dau³³	na⁵³dau³³	nei⁵⁴⁵ti⁴⁴	nɛi⁴²	ni³¹gəŋ³⁵	nei⁵³tei³⁵	na²⁴naŋ⁵³	na³⁵hjɛn⁴²	ŋ̩³⁵nɛ³³	m̩⁵⁵mɔ³³
那里	there	wo⁵²dau³³	wo⁵³dau³³	wa⁵⁴⁵ti⁴⁴	va⁵⁵	u⁵³gəŋ³⁵	wa⁵³tei⁵⁵	vɛi⁴²naŋ⁵³	wə³⁵hjɛn⁴²	a³⁵dɛ³³	ha³¹pɔ³⁵
怎样	how	haːi²⁴ȵuŋ¹³	tsəu³⁵dzwəŋ⁵³	saŋ³³lai⁴⁴	aŋ²²laːi	a³³laːi³⁵joŋ²²	taŋ⁵⁵ŋaːi⁵⁵tei⁵⁵	ha²²ni²²	hai²⁴jɛn⁴²	tsa⁴⁴jɔŋ¹³	hei⁵³jɯ³¹
什么	what	ke²⁴ȵou³³	hɛŋ³⁵nai⁵³	lai³¹huŋ⁴³	nɛn¹³tʰɔu³¹	kɔ³¹dzjen⁵⁵	tɕwai⁵⁵	si⁵³ni⁴⁴	di²⁴dəi³¹	tʰjɔ³³su³³	hei⁵³jɯ³¹
谁	who	haːi²⁴tau³¹	ha³⁵tau³¹	man³¹	maːn¹³	ka³¹naːn¹²¹	ai⁵⁵tau³¹	si⁵³min⁵³	ha²⁴tau³¹	le³¹lən⁵⁵	ha⁴³³la⁵³
哪个	which	haːi²⁴tau³¹	ha³⁵tau³¹	lai³¹tau³³	lɛi³³ʔtau³³	ka³¹naːn¹²¹	ai⁵⁵tau³¹	si⁵³puŋ²²na⁴⁴	ha²⁴tau³¹	le³¹lən⁵⁵	ha⁴³³la⁵³
都	all (adverb)	sjaŋ²⁴	tu³³	lɔ⁴⁴	lɔ³³⁵	tu³³	tu⁵³	su⁵³	tʰuŋ³³	hɔŋ³³	tu³³
刚才	just now	ŋan³¹tɕaŋ³³	tsʰiŋ³⁵	ȡaŋ⁵⁴⁵	ɕaŋ⁴²	bə³¹na³¹	ŋaːm⁵³ŋaːm⁵³	nu⁴⁴tsaŋ⁴²	ŋa⁴²tɕaŋ⁵³	tɕen³³	tɕɯŋ³⁵tɕɯŋ³³
不	no	n̩²⁴	ŋ̩⁵³	ma³⁵	ma³⁵	na⁵³	m̩³⁵	ŋ̩⁵³	n̩²⁴	ŋ̩³⁵	mei⁵³
没有	not have	maːi⁵²		ma³⁵naːi³³	ma³⁵naːi³³	na⁵³maːi³¹	m̩³⁵maːi⁵³	ŋ̩⁵³nɔu⁴⁴	ɬa⁴²	ma¹³	mei⁵³nu⁵⁵
还	yet	tsʰo¹³	ha³¹	ɛŋ⁴⁴	ŋ̩³³⁵	hwan³¹	tɕuŋ¹¹	su⁵³	wɛ⁴²	ha³³	hai³¹
很	very	hai²⁴		hɛn³³	jɔŋ¹³	hən⁵³	hou³⁵	hɛŋ²²	hən⁵³	ple⁴⁴	ɕɯ⁵³
就	emphatic	tsjou¹³	tsjəu¹¹	bi⁴⁴	ɕuŋ³²	tsjəu²²	tou¹¹	sɛ⁴⁴	tʰjau³³	tsjɔu³¹	tə³¹
再	again	ɛːŋ²⁴	ɛŋ³⁵	tθaːi²¹²	ŋ̩³³⁵	eŋ³⁵	tɕuŋ¹¹	sjam²²	tsʰɛ²⁴	tsai¹³	tsje³³
又	also	ju¹³	jəu¹¹	jou²²	jɔu³²	jəu²²	jeu¹¹	dzau²⁴	ja⁴²	tse³³	jəu³¹
最	most	tsuːi²⁴	tsui³⁵	dai²²	ȶi³⁵	tsei³⁵	θui³⁵	tsi⁵³	tsui²⁴	tse⁴⁴	tau³¹
和	and	tsʰin³³	tsʰau³⁵	kɔn⁵⁴⁵	kan⁵⁵	taŋ²²	taŋ¹¹	ka⁴⁴	kiŋ³³	ən³³	ka⁵⁵

See also

• Appendix:Proto-Mienic reconstructions
• Appendix:Hmong-Mien comparative vocabulary list

References

• Mao Zongwu [毛宗武]. 2004. A study of Mien dialects [Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu 瑤族勉语方言研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].