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[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 Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 9
Level: 3
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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貓咪 maau1 mai1 = 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 = 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 = slow and clumsy 粵 咪摸 mi1 mo2 = to be slow 粵 黑咪嘛 haak1 mi1 maa1 = very black; pitch black 粵 笑咪咪 siu3 mi1 mi1 = to smile slightly 粵 爆咪 baau3 mai1 = loud 咪錶 mai1 biu2*1 = taxi meter; parking meter 粵 咪高峰 mai1 gou1 fung1 = microphone 粵 咪仙 mai1 sin1 = streptomycin 咪晒 mai1 saai3 = study very hard; crazy about; to be into 粵 咪露械 mai5 lou6 haai6 = keep it in your pants 粵 咪住 mai5 zyu6 = hang on; stop 粵 咪紙 mai1 zi2 = [photography] bromide paper (as partial loanword) 粵 咪神 mai1 san4 = a women with big breasts 粵 咪表 mai1 biu2*1 = meter 粵 咪達唑侖 mai5 daat6 zo6 leon4 = Midazolam 咪嘴 mai1 zeoi2 = lip-sync; lip-synch 粵 |
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Showing 10 of 29 examples containing 咪
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 :)]]
咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。 粵
Show all 29 examplesDon'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.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |