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奠定

Verb

奠定

1. to establish; to settle; to lay (e.g. a foundation for)

   奠定牢固的基礎／奠定牢固的基础  ―  diàndìng láogù de jīchǔ  ―  to establish a strong foundation

   • 2004, 《無綫英格蘭超級聯賽精華》 [TVB Premier League highlights]‎^[1], spoken by 曾偉忠 [Tsang Wai Chung]:

     狼隊對曼聯嘅賽事入面，邊位狼隊球員為球隊射入奠定勝嘅一球呀而全取三分呢？ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     狼队对曼联嘅赛事入面，边位狼队球员为球队射入奠定胜嘅一球呀而全取三分呢？ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     long⁴ deoi^6-2 deoi³ maan⁶ lyun⁴ ge³ coi³ si⁶ jap⁶ min⁶, bin¹ wai^6-2 long⁴ deoi^6-2 kau⁴ jyun⁴ wai⁶ kau⁴ deoi^6-2 se⁶ jap⁶ din⁶ ding⁶ sing³ ge³ jat¹ kau⁴ aa³ ji⁴ cyun⁴ ceoi² saam¹ fan¹ ne¹? [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

咪

Notes

Is it possible that 咪嘴 comes from Etymology 4?

For Etymology 7, unable to find pre-modern example of 咪/冞 as a verb

Chinese

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English microphone or mic.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai¹
    • Yale: māi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /maɪ⁴⁴/

Definitions

咪 (Cantonese, Hakka)

1. microphone (Classifier: 支 c)
2. Used in 咪嘴 (“to lip-sync”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Compounds

• 入咪
• 咪嘴
• 咪架
• 噴咪／喷咪
• 封咪
• 扑咪
• 爆咪
• 開咪／开咪

 

Etymology 7

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai¹
    • Yale: māi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

咪 (Cantonese)

1. to study hard

Compounds

• 咪家
• 咪書／咪书