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U+54A9, 咩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A9

[U+54A8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54AA]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口廿手 (RTQ), four-corner 68051, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3540
  • Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 622, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+54A9

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𠴟

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • me - vernacular;
    • mia - literary.

Definitions

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  1. baa! (the bleating of a sheep)
    可以東東冰淇淋 [MSC, trad.]
    可以东东冰淇淋 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 蛋仔派對
    Kěyǐ gěi Dōngdōng mǎi gè bīngqílìn miē? [Pinyin]
    Could you buy Dong-dong an ice cream, mie?

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.

Contraction of 乜嘢.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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(Cantonese)

  1. what
    [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    nei5 giu3 me1 meng4-2 aa3? [Jyutping]
    What's your name?
    喺度 [Cantonese, trad.]
    喺度 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館
    e1! hai2 dou6 nam2 gan2 me1 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Hey, so what are you thinking about?
    [Cantonese]  ―  me1 aa3? [Jyutping]  ―  What do you want?/What is it?
    美國好食 [Cantonese, trad.]
    美国好食 [Cantonese, simp.]
    mei5 gwok3 caan1 jau5 me1 hou2 sik6 ze1. [Jyutping]
    What's so good about American food anyway?
    好睇 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 me1 hou2 tai2 [Jyutping]  ―  not worth seeing
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    mou5 me1 jan5 [Jyutping]
    uninteresting
  2. which
  3. why; how come
  4. Used as a dummy subject or object when it can be deduced from context.
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.

There are at least two proposals:

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese, obsolete) A sentence-final particle used to make unbiased yes/no questions.
  2. (Cantonese) A sentence-final particle used to make yes/no questions, often with a doubtful or surprising tone.
    一陣出街 [Cantonese, trad.]
    一阵出街 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jat1 zan6 ceot1 gaai1 me1? mou5 teng1 nei5 gong2 gwo3 ge2. [Jyutping]
    You're going out later? I didn't hear you mention that.
  3. (Cantonese) A sentence-final particle used in yes/no rhetorical questions to express negation.
    功課 [Cantonese, trad.]
    功课 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam3 do1 gung1 fo3, gam3 faai3 zou6 dak1 jyun4 me1? [Jyutping]
    There's so much homework. Can it be done that quickly?
Descendants
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  • English: meh

Etymology 4

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms



𱑿

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

Pronunciation

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Note: mêh4 - appears in Dean, tone unspecified.

Definitions

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  1. A sentence-final particle used to make unbiased yes/no questions.

Further reading

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  • 張靜芬 (2020) “《汕頭話讀本》中的兩類中性問句的句末標記”, in 清華學報, →DOI

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): (bi) (mi)

Korean

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Hanja

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(mi) (hangeul , revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: , me

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References

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