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  mai1 mai5 mai6   jyutping
  mi1   pinyin
[] mai1, [] mi1
(n,v) (cat's) mew; meow; miaow

[] mai1 - Cantonese only
[1] [v] study hard; swot
[2] [n] transliteration for English words 'microphone', 'meter', 'mile', etc
[3] [v] poke/prod with one's nails
[4] [v] chop/stab with a knife

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

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

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: nounadverb
Stroke count: 9
Level: 3
Radical: (#30)

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

This word has been viewed 31167 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th May 2017 01:21

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detail  maau1 mai1  mao1 mi1 = kitten, kitty
detail  maa1 mai1 mi4 / mai1 mi1   = mummy; mommy
detail  hai6 mai6/6*2   = to be or not to be
detail  mai6 hai6/hai6*2  mi1 xi4 = to be; exactly so
detail  mai5 juk1   = don't move
detail  mai5 cou4   = shut up
detail  hai6 mai6 sin1   = do you agree with me? don't you!
detail  mai5 juk1   = Don't move! Freeze!
detail  mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1  mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1 = slow and clumsy
detail  mi1 mo2  mi1 mo1 = to be slow
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Showing all 29 examples containing 咪
detail audio 係咪本地人嚟㗎
Is he/she a local?
detail 係咪真係完全明白
Do you really understand everything?
detail 媽咪好似
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]
detail 後日係咪游水
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.]
detail 後日係咪游水
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.]
detail 媽咪
Has mum left yet?
[Lit. I mummy run-already not-yet [particle]? [Said by one of my students :)]]
detail 今晚媽咪
My mum'll pick me up this evening.
[Lit. this evening I mom collect me]
detail audio 咪郁!!郁嚟郁去前面
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.]
detail 媽咪
I am chatting with my mummy.
detail 係咪保險嗰啲
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?
detail 你哋係咪好多男朋友
You must be popular with the boys!
[Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]
detail 守得秘密係咪
You can keep a secret, right?
detail 媽咪唔畀
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]
detail !
I can't be bothered!
[[synonym] 唔使預我, 我唔得閒 http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,117987]
detail 藤條細路
Don't hit kids with a cane.
[Lit. don't use cane whip children.]
detail audio 係咪三級片
Are you watching porn?
[Lit. You are-not watching erotic movie?]
detail audio 成日食嘢唔做嘢搏炒係咪?
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?
detail audio 眼闊肚窄重有好多慢慢
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!
detail audio 畀佢!
Don't be tricked by him!
detail 表面上關係好好內裡其實係咪
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?
detail 下扒輕輕就要做到
Don't just say it, you must do it.
detail 聽暇清楚
You should settle it with him if he comes later!
detail audio 等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪耍家
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.
detail 又係老鬼
It's just me, the old guy!
detail 小小心意受落禮物唔好抰嚟抰去
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.
detail 呢個復活節係咪北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]
detail 𠱂落去
Don't rashly sit on the chair; it's so wet.
detail audio 雖然老公出便嫖賭飲吹至少賺錢返嚟養家冇眼屎乾淨盲
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.
detail 死咗之後使旨意上天或者地獄
Don't think you can go to heaven or hell after you die.
[Std. Chinese: 死後別想上天堂或下地獄]

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