# 咪

| 咪 | U+54AA, &#21674; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AA |
| ← 咩 [U+54A9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咫 → [U+54AB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口火木 (RFD), four-corner 6909$_4$, composition ⿰口米)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3541
* Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 35
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 622, character 7
* Unihan data for U+54AA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mī (mi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$mi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mī
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mi
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^1$
*** Yale: mī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^1$
*** Yale: māi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi
*** Tâi-lô: mi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: my
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bî
*** Sinological IPA : /bi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$mi
*** MiniDict: 'mi$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$'mi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi⁵³/

#### Definitions

咪
* meow
* sound used to call a cat
* Used in 咪咪 (mīmī, “(slang) breasts; tits; boobs”).

##### Compounds

* 咪咪 (mīmī)
* 唵嘛呢叭咪吽

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî / bi
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
*** Tâi-lô: bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi
*** Tâi-lô: bi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: by
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

咪
* (Hokkien) sound used to call a duck, etc. (often reduplicated)
* (Hokkien, endearing) Suffix used to refer to certain poultry and livestock.
    鴨咪／鸭咪 [Hokkien] ― ah-bî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― ducky
    貓咪／猫咪 [Hokkien] ― bâ-bî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― kitty
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien, childish) duck
    咪咪 [Hokkien] ― bi-bi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― (childish) duck

### Etymology 3

Contraction of 唔係 / 唔系 (m$^4$ hai$^6$).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^6$
*** Yale: maih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯²²/

#### Definitions

咪 (Cantonese)
* When used with 囉／啰 (lo$^1$) at the end of a phrase, used to spell out something obvious.
       bun$^2$ syu$^1$ mai$^6$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ waan$^4$ faan$^1$ bei$^2$ nei$^5$ lo$^1$. [Jyutping]
       I've already given the book back to you, haven't I?
* When used with 囉／啰 (lo$^1$) or rising intonation at the end of a phrase, used to connect a condition to a result or suggestion.
       nei$^5$ soeng$^2$ tai$^2$ hei$^3$ mai$^6$ maai$^5$ fei$^1$ lo$^1$. [Jyutping]
       If you want to watch a movie, then buy your tickets.
       nei$^5$ sik$^6$ maai$^4$ gam$^3$ do$^1$ zin$^1$ zaa$^3$ je$^5$ mai$^6$ hou$^2$ jit$^6$ hei$^3$? [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 (hai$^6$) when asking a question.
       keoi$^5$ dei$^6$ hai$^6$ mai$^6$ faan$^1$ saai$^3$ uk$^1$ kei$^2$ laa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       Did they all go home?

### Etymology 4

Possibly a contraction of 唔使 (m$^4$ sai$^2$) (Bai, 2003).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǎi (mai$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎi
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^3$
*** Yale: mǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^5$
*** Yale: máih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯¹³/

#### Definitions

咪
* (Cantonese, imperative) don't
       mai$^5$ gam$^3$ do$^1$ si$^6$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping]
       Don't be so nosy!
** 1959, 唐滌生 [Tang Ti-sheng], 帝女花 [The Flower Princess] (film), spoken by 長平公主 [Princess Changping] (白雪仙 [Pak Suet-sin]), 帝女花之相認:
       mai$^5$ dim$^3$ juk$^6$ gun$^1$ jam$^1$, zi$^2$ jyun$^3$ nei$^5$ gam$^1$ sai$^3$ bat$^1$ pui$^3$ jau$^5$ fu$^6$ maa$^5$ ming$^4$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 勿, 莫$_1$, 毋, 無 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 別, 別價 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 別, 不要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 別 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 不要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不要 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 別 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嫑, 甭$_1$, 休 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嫑, 不要 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 嫑, 不敢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嫑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嫑, 休 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 不要 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嫑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 莫$_1$, 不要, 嫑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 莫$_1$, 不 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 不要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 莫$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 莫$_1$, 莫要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 莫$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 不要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 莫$_1$, 不要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 別, 不要 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 咪個, 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咪, 唔好, 冇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 唔要 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 咪, 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 咪, 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 莫$_1$, 無好 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 毛 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 冇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 冇要 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 咪, 唔好 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 莫$_1$ |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毋要, 不要 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 不要 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 莫$_1$, 毋愛, 毋好 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 毋愛 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 毋要, 毋敢 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 毋愛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 唔愛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 不要, 嫑 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 不要, 嫑 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 不要, 嫑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不要, 不敢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 不要, 嫑, 播 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伓敢, 伓讓, 毋 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 伓敢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伓通, 毋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 伓通 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 毋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毋通, 毋愛, 莫$_2$, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毋通, 毋愛, 甭$_2$, 莫用, 汰 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 毋通, 莫$_2$, 甭$_2$, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 孬 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 莫去 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 毋通, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 莫$_2$, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 莫$_2$, 毋通, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 莫$_2$, 毋通, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 毋通, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 別 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孬, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 孬, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 孬 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 孬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 莫$_2$, 孬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 無地 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 無用, 莫$_2$, 無莫 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 無用 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 無用 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 冇要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿要, 𧟰 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 𧟰 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 𧟰 |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 拗, 拗要, 弗要 |
| Wu | Danyang | 弗要, 𫸻 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 弗要, 消, 𧟰 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 莫, 甮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 𧟰 |
| Wu | Lishui | ⿰毋樂 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | ⿰否樂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 莫$_1$, 不要 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 不要, 莫$_1$ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 莫$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 別 |

#### Compounds

* 咪住
* 咪個 / 咪个
* 咪個自 / 咪个自
* 咪制
* 咪拘
* 咪搞
* 咪自
* 咪話 / 咪话

### Etymology 5

Borrowed from English microphone or mic.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): mai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^1$
*** Yale: māi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /maɪ⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

咪 (Cantonese, Hakka)
* microphone (Classifier: 支 c)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麥克風, 話筒, 麥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麥克風 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 話筒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咪, 咪高峰 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 咪, 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥克, 放送頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 話筒, 麥 |

##### Compounds

* 入咪
* 咪架
* 噴咪 / 喷咪
* 封咪
* 扑咪
* 爆咪
* 開咪 / 开咪

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǐ (mi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^3$
*** Yale: mǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^5$
*** Yale: máih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯¹³/

#### Definitions

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

### Etymology 7

Borrowed from English mile.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mī (mi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mī
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mi
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^1$
*** Yale: mī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^1$
*** Yale: māi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咪
* (obsolete or Cantonese) mile
    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 usage example)
    From: Address plate of Kadoorie Beach
    cing$^1$ saan$^1$ gung$^1$ lou$^6$ 18¾ mai$^1$ gaa$^1$ do$^1$ lei$^6$ waan$^1$ wing$^6$ taan$^1$ [Jyutping]
    Kadoorie Beach, 18¾ milestone, Castle Peak Road
* (Cantonese, informal) mile per hour
* (Cantonese, informal) kilometre per hour
       nei$^1$ dou$^6$ haang$^4$ luk$^6$ sap$^6$ mai$^1$ gaa$^3$ zaa$^3$ wo$^3$. [Jyutping]
       You should only be driving at 60 km/h.

### Etymology 8

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^1$
*** Yale: māi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咪 (Cantonese)
* to study hard

#### Compounds

* 咪家
* 咪書 / 咪书

### Etymology 9
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^1$
*** Yale: māi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咪 (Cantonese)
* to peel with a knife
* to pinch (with fingernails)

### Etymology 10

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

### Etymology 11

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* baa (bleating of a sheep)
* meter

#### Readings

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

## Korean
### Hanja

咪 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

咪: Hán Nôm readings: mễ
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation