乜

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

乜 (radical 5 乙+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 心弓 (PN) or 心尸 (PS) or X心弓 (XPN), four-corner 4771₂)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 83, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 166
• Dae Jaweon: page 168, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 49, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4E5C

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		乜

Pronunciation 1Edit

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): mat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mot²

• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): mih⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat¹
    • Yale: māt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mot²
    • IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔt̚⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mih
    • IPA ^(key): /miʔ²/

DefinitionsEdit

乜

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) what

   愛乜個？ / 爱乜个？ [Teochew]  ―  Ain³ mih⁴ gai⁵? [Peng'im]  ―  What do you want?

2. (Cantonese) anything; everything

SynonymsEdit

• 乜嘢, 乜嘢嘢
• (more casual) 咩, 咩嘢
• (emphatic) 乜鬼
• (literary, Mandarin) 什麼／什么 (shénme)

Pronunciation 2Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miē (mie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): me¹, me², me⁵
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): mi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: miē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝ
    • Wade-Giles: mieh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhie
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: me¹, me², me⁵
    • Yale: mē, mé, méh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: me¹, me², me⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɛː⁵⁵/, /mɛː³⁵/, /mɛː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mia^X/▼

Rime
Character	乜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彌也切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miaX/
Pan Wuyun	/miaX/
Shao Rongfen	/miaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaX/
Li Rong	/miaX/
Wang Li	/mĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miě

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mjaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	乜
Reading #	1/1
No.	9114
Phonetic component	乜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	乜
Old Chinese	/*mjaːʔ/

DefinitionsEdit

乜

1. to narrow one's eyes and squint

CompoundsEdit

• 乜乜屑屑
• 乜乜斜斜

• 乜乜踅踅
• 乜斜 (miēxie)

• 乜斜眼
• 乜斜纏帳／乜斜缠帐

Pronunciation 3Edit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ne⁶
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): nian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: niè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: nieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ne⁶
    • Yale: neh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ne⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /nɛː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niāⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /nĩã¹¹/

DefinitionsEdit

乜

1. A surname​, listed 126th in the Baijiaxing.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

乜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: ば (ba), め (me)
• Kun: やぶにらみ (yabunirami)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

乜 • ‎(mya) (hangeul 먀, revised mya, McCune-Reischauer mya)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

• Hán Việt: mã, niết, niệt, khiết, mễ
• Nôm: khiết, mã

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ReferencesEdit

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
• Nom Foundation