咪

咪	U+54AA, 咪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AA

← 咩
[U+54A9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

咫 →
[U+54AB]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		咪

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mī (mi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bî

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧ
  - Wade–Giles: mih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhi
  - IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai¹
  - Yale: māi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
  - Tâi-lô: bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bî
  - IPA ^(key): /bi⁵⁵/

Definitions

咪

meow
sound used to call a cat

Compounds

咪咪 (mīmī)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁶
  - Yale: maih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²²/

Definitions

咪

(Cantonese)

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?
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?
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?

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁵
  - Yale: máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/

Definitions

咪

(Cantonese)

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		勿、莫₁、毋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別
Mandarin	Beijing	別
	Taiwan	別、不要
	Harbin	別
	Jinan	別、別價、甭價、不要
	Muping	別
	Luoyang	嫑、甭、休
	Jiedian	嫑、不要
	Xi'an	嫑、不敢
	Xining	嫑
	Xuzhou	嫑、休
	Lanzhou	不要
	Ürümqi	嫑
	Wuhan	莫₁、不
	Chengdu	莫₁、不要、嫑
	Guiyang	不要
	Liuzhou	莫₁、莫要
	Yangzhou	莫₁、不要
	Nanjing	不要
	Hefei	別、不要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪、唔好
	Hong Kong	咪、唔好
	Shunde	咪
	Zhongshan	咪
	Dongguan	咪、唔好
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	唔好
	Taishan	唔好
	Doumen	唔好
	Kaiping	唔好
	Shaoguan	咪
	Yunfu	咪、唔好
	Yangjiang	莫₁、無好
	Xinyi	毛
	Lianjiang	冇
	Nanning	冇要
	Kuala Lumpur	咪
Gan	Nanchang	莫₁
	Lichuan	毋要、不要
	Pingxiang	不要
Hakka	Meixian	莫₁、毋愛、毋好
	Xingning	毋愛
	Huidong	毋好
	Qujiang	毋好
	Xiaosanjiang	毋好
	Changting	毋要
	Liancheng	毋要
	Ninghua	毋要
	Yudu	毋要、毋敢
	Ruijin	毋要
	Shicheng	毋要
	Shangyou	毋要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋好
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	毋好
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	毋好
	Dongshi (Dabu)	毋好
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	毋好
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	毋好
	Hong Kong	毋好
	Sabah	毋愛
	Senai	毋好
Huizhou	Shexian	不要、嫑
	Tunxi	不要、嫑
	Jixi	不要、嫑
Jin	Taiyuan	不要、不敢
Jin	Xinzhou	不要、嫑、播
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伓敢、伓讓、莫₁
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伓通、莫₁
	Fuqing	伓通
	Matsu	莫₁
Min Nan	Xiamen	毋通、毋愛、莫₂
	Quanzhou	毋通、毋愛
	Zhangzhou	毋通、莫₂
	Taipei	莫₂
	Kaohsiung	莫₂
	Tainan	莫₂
	Lukang	莫₂
	Sanxia	莫去
	Yilan	毋通、莫₂
	Pingnan	別
	Chaozhou	孬、莫₂
	Johor Bahru	孬
	Haikou	無用、莫₂、無莫
	Leizhou	無地
Pinghua	Nanning	冇要
Wu	Shanghai	勿要、𧟰
	Suzhou	𧟰
	Hangzhou	嫑
	Wenzhou	𧟰
	Chongming	𧟰
	Danyang	弗要、𫸻
	Jinhua	𫸻、弗要、弗用
	Ningbo	甮
Xiang	Changsha	莫₁、不要
	Shuangfeng	莫₁
	Loudi	不要、莫₁
	Quanzhou	別

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English microphone or mic.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai¹
  - Yale: māi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mai¹
  - IPA: /maɪ⁴⁴/

Definitions

咪

(Cantonese, Hakka)

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳聲器、微音器、擴音器
Mandarin	Beijing	話筒、麥、麥克風
Mandarin	Taiwan	麥克風、話筒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪
Cantonese	Hong Kong	咪、咪高峰
Hakka	Meixian	咪、麥克風
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥克
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	麥克
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	麥克
	Dongshi (Dabu)	麥克、放送頭
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	麥克
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	麥克
Min Nan	Xiamen	麥克風、話筒
	Taipei	麥克、麥克風
	Chaozhou	麥克風
	Shantou	麥克風
Wu	Shanghai	麥克風、話筒
Wu	Wenzhou	話筒、麥

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: mih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
  - IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁵
  - Yale: máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/

Definitions

咪

Only used in 咪唑 (mǐzuò, “imidazole”).

Etymology 6

Borrowed from English mile.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai¹
  - Yale: māi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

咪

(Cantonese)

mile
(informal) mile per hour
(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.

Etymology 7

simp. and trad.		咪
alt. forms		冞

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai¹
  - Yale: māi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

咪

(Cantonese)

to study hard

Compounds

咪家

咪書／咪书

Etymology 8

simp. and trad.		咪
alt. forms		劘

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai¹
  - Yale: māi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

咪

(Cantonese)

to peel with a knife
to pinch (with fingernails)

Etymology 9

For pronunciation and definitions of 咪 – see 米 (“metre”). (This character, 咪, is a variant form of 米.)

Etymology 10

For pronunciation and definitions of 咪 – see 咩 (“the call of a sheep”). (This character, 咪, is a variant form of 咩.)

Japanese

Kanji

咪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: み (mi)
Kan’on: び (bi)
Kun: メートル (mētoru)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

咪 (mễ)

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References

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