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] [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

[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 word has been viewed 35273 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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貓咪 maau1 mai1 mao1 mi1 = kitten, kitty 國

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 mo1 mo1 mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1 = slow and clumsy 粵

咪摸 mi1 mo2 mi1 mo1 = to be slow 粵
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Showing all 29 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?

你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎粵
You must be popular with the boys!
[Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]

你守得秘密㗎係咪？粵
You can keep a secret, right?

你媽咪畀唔畀你早走呀？粵
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]

咪搞我! 粵
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]

咪用藤條拂細路。粵
Don't hit kids with a cane.
[Lit. don't use cane whip children.]

你係咪睇緊三級片？粵
Are you watching porn?
[Lit. You are-not watching erotic movie?]

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

咪畀佢坤! 粵
Don't be tricked by him!

表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?

咪下扒輕輕，講過就要做到粵
Don't just say it, you must do it.

聽暇佢來你咪同佢講清楚囉！粵
You should settle it with him if he comes later!

等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪咁耍家先！粵
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.

咪又係我呢條老鬼！粵
It's just me, the old guy!

小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
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. ]

張櫈咁濕，咪𠱂落去。粵
Don't rashly sit on the chair; it's so wet.

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
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.

死咗之後咪使旨意上天堂或者下地獄粵
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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