咪

咪 (radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口火木 (RFD), four-corner 6909₄, composition ⿰口米)

• KangXi: page 186, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3541
• Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 622, character 7
• Unihan data for U+54AA

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ).

Onomatopoeic.

咪

1. meow
2. sound used to call a cat

咪

(Cantonese)

1. When used with 囉／啰 (lo¹) at the end of a phrase, used to spell out something obvious.

   • 本書咪已經還返畀你囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     本书咪已经还返畀你啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Bun² syu¹ mai⁶ ji⁵ ging¹ waan⁴ faan¹ bei² nei⁵ lo¹. [Jyutping]

     I've already given the book back to you, haven't I?

2. When used with 囉／啰 (lo¹) or rising intonation at the end of a phrase, used to connect a condition to a result or suggestion.

   • 你想睇戲咪買飛囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你想睇戏咪买飞啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei⁵ soeng² tai² hei³ mai⁶ maai⁵ fei¹ lo¹. [Jyutping]

     If you want to watch a movie, then buy your tickets.

   • 你食埋咁多煎炸嘢咪好熱氣？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你食埋咁多煎炸嘢咪好热气？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei⁵ sik⁶ maai⁴ gam³ do¹ zin¹ zaa³ je⁵ mai⁶ hou² jit⁶ hei³? [Jyutping]

     If you're eating so much fried stuff, won't you build up a lot of internal heat?

3. Used as the negative of 係／系 (hai⁶) when asking a question.

   • 佢哋係咪返嗮屋企喇？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢哋系咪返嗮屋企喇？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     Keoi⁵ dei⁶ hai⁶ mai⁶ faan¹ saai³ uk¹ kei^5-2 laa³? [Jyutping]

     Did they all go home?

咪

(Cantonese)

1. (imperative) don't
   • 咪咁多事啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  Mai⁵ gam³ do¹ si⁶ laa¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Don't be so nosy!

Borrowed from English microphone or mic.

咪

(Cantonese, Hakka)

1. Short for 咪高峰 (“microphone”). (Classifier: 支)

咪

1. Only used in 咪唑 (mǐzuò, “imidazole”).

Borrowed from English mile.

咪

1. (obsolete or Cantonese) mile

   • 蓋以七千餘咪之路線為吾人計劃所定者，皆在坦途。 [MSC, trad.]
     盖以七千余咪之路线为吾人计划所定者，皆在坦途。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1917-1920, s:zh:物質建設/第一計劃

     Gài yǐ qī qiān yú mī zhī lùxiàn wèi wú rén jìhuà suǒ dìng zhě, jiē zài tǎntú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (Cantonese, informal) mile per hour
3. (Cantonese, informal) kilometre per hour

   • 呢度行六十咪㗎咋喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     呢度行六十咪㗎咋㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei¹ dou⁶ haang⁴ luk⁶ sap⁶ mai¹ gaa³ zaa³ wo³. [Jyutping]

     You should only be driving at 60 km/h.

咪

(Cantonese)

1. to study hard

咪

(Cantonese)

1. to peel with a knife
2. to pinch (with fingernails)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. baa (bleating of a sheep)
2. meter

• Go-on: み (mi)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: メートル (mētoru, 咪)

咪 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)

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咪 (mễ)

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