咪 (mai1 mai5 mai6 | mi1) : cat's mew; study hard; don't

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咪

mai1 mai5 mai6

mi1

[粵] mai1, [國] mi1
(n,v) (cat's) mew; meow; miaow

[粵] mai1 - Cantonese only
[1] study hard; swot
[2] microphone (transliteration of first syllable from 咪高峰)
[3] mile (transliteration of its first syllable)

[粵] mai5 - Cantonese only
(v) don't; shouldn't; mustn't

[粵] mai6 - Cantonese only
[1] isn't; wasn't; aren't (used as a syllable blending from m4hai6 唔係)
[2] (often used with 囉) then; as a result; might just as well

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

咪

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Mar 2011 06:04

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媽咪 maa1 mai1 mi4 / mai1 mi1 = mummy; mommy 粵

係咪 hai6 mai6/6*2 = to be or not to be 粵

咪係 mai6 hai6/hai6*2 mi1 xi4 = to be; exactly so 粵

咪郁 mai5 juk1 = don't move 粵

咪嘈 mai5 cou4 = shut up 粵

係咪先 hai6 mai6 sin1 = do you agree with me? don't you! 粵

咪喐 mai5 juk1 = Don't move! Freeze! 粵

咪咪摸摸 mi1 mi1 mo2 mo2 mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1 = slow 粵

咪摸 mi1 mo2 mi1 mo1 = to be slow 粵

黑咪嘛 haak1 mi1 maa1 = very black; pitch black 粵
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Showing 10 of 26 examples containing 咪

佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？粵
Is he/she a local?

你係咪真係完全明白啊？粵
Do you really understand everything?

媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

你後日係咪游水粵
Are you going swimming the day after tomorrow?
[This is just a simple yes-no question. You can replace the verb-object pair with anything you like.]

你後日係咪去游水粵
Are you still going swimming with me, the day after tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 去 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is far away from both of you.]

我媽咪走咗未呀？粵
Has mum left yet?
[Lit. I mummy run-already not-yet [particle]? [Said by one of my students :)]]

今晚我媽咪接我粵
My mum'll pick me up this evening.
[Lit. this evening I mom collect me]

咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。粵
Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving.
[the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.]

我同媽咪傾緊偈。粵
I am chatting with my mummy.

係咪想賣保險嗰啲人呀？粵
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?

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