# 瞇

| 瞇 | U+7787, &#30599; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7787 |
| ← 瞆 [U+7786] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瞈 → [U+7788] |

## Translingual
### Han character

瞇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜火木 (BUYFD), four-corner 6903$_9$, composition ⿰目迷)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 813, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23556
* Dae Jaweon: page 1227, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2503, character 11
* Unihan data for U+7787

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 目 + phonetic 迷 (OC *miː).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mī (mi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^1$ / mi$^1$ / mai$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bî / bi / mi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^1$
* 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: mei$^1$ / mi$^1$ / mai$^4$
*** Yale: mēi / mī / màih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^1$ / mi$^1$ / mai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^1$ / mi$^1$ / mei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯⁵⁵/, /miː⁵⁵/, /mɐi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
*** Tâi-lô: bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bi²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi
*** Tâi-lô: bi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: by
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi
*** Tâi-lô: mi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: my
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mĩ⁴⁴/
* Zhangzhou:
** bî - “to be sound asleep”;
** bi - “to narrow one's eyes; to take a nap; to look at someone indirectly”.

#### Definitions

瞇
* to squint; to narrow one's eyes
    瞇著眼睛看／眯着眼睛看 ― mī zhe yǎnjīng kàn ― to squint one's eyes to look
    瞇埋眼瞓覺／眯埋眼𰥛觉 [Cantonese] ― mei$^1$ maai$^4$ ngaan$^5$ fan$^3$ gaau$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to close one's eyes to sleep
* (dialectal, colloquial) to take a nap; to doze off
       Wǒ xiǎng mī yìhúir. [Pinyin]
       I want to take a nap for a while.
       I hō͘ góa bî chi̍t-ē, góa chiah pôe i chhut-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       He let me take a nap for a while, then I accompanied him going out.
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be sound asleep; to be fast asleep
* (Hokkien) to look at someone indirectly
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to look furtively; to look stealthily
* (Shiqi Cantonese, Zhongshan Min) to sleep
    Alternative form: 寐
* (Teochew) to close one's eyes
    Alternative forms: 𥅽, 瞑
** 《古板新造蘇六娘金釵羅帕記全歌》
       zuan$^7$ ciêb$^4$ si$^2$ liou$^3$ mag$^8$ bug$^4$ mi$^1$ [Peng'im]
       After I die my eyes will not remain closed
** 《潮汕魚名歌》 /
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “瞑”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 377:
       i$^1$ si$^2$ liou$^2$ mag$^8$ hab$^8$ m$^7$ mi$^1$. [Peng'im]
       After he was dead, his eyes would not remain closed.

#### Synonyms

* (to squint): (Hokkien) 瞇目／眯目
* (to look at someone indirectly, to look furtively): (Hokkien) 猸
* (to sleep):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 睡覺, 睡, 歇覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 睡覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 睡覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 睏覺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 睡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 睡覺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 呼啷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 睡瞌睡, 睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 睡覺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睡覺, 上蘇州 slang |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 睏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睡目 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 瞓, 睡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 瞇覺, 瞇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhanjiang | 瞓覺, 曬鋪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 睡覺, 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睡覺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 睡目, 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 瞓 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 瞓, 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Changting | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 歇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 歇眼, 打席 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 歇眼 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 歇, 睡 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 歇覺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 睡目 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 睡 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 睏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Jining | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Baotou | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 睡覺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 眠䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 瞌眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 睏, 睏眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 睏眠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 睏 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 睏覺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 夗, 死瞌 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睏, 夗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 瞌 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 睏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 睏 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 倒眠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 瞇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 瞇, 瞇覺 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 眠 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 眠 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 眠 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 眠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 睏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang |
| Wu | Wuxi | 睏覺 |
| Wu | Danyang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 睏 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 睏褥, 睏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 睏覺, 睏, 睡覺 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 睏眼閉, 睏覺 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 睡覺 |

#### Compounds

* 瞇埋眼 / 眯埋眼
* 瞇目 / 眯目
* 瞇盹兒 / 眯盹儿
* 瞇眼 / 眯眼
* 瞇睎 / 眯睎
* 瞇瞇眼 / 眯眯眼 (mīmīyǎn)
* 瞇瞇笑 / 眯眯笑
* 瞇瞪 / 眯瞪
* 瞇縫 / 眯缝 (mīfèng)
* 笑瞇瞇 / 笑眯眯 (xiàomīmī)
* 色瞇瞇 / 色眯眯

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 瞇 – see 眯 (“to get into one's eye; to blind; nightmare”). (This character is a variant form of 眯).

### References

* “瞇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Vietnamese
### Han character

瞇: Hán Nôm readings: mị
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