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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 See all 24 compounds |
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Showing all 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
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.]
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]]
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]
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)?
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. ]
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] 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. |