乜

See also: セ and ㆤ
乜 U+4E5C, 乜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5C
← 乛
[U+4E5B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 九 →
[U+4E5D]

Translingual

Han character

乜 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 心弓 (PN) or 心尸 (PS) or 難心弓 (XPN), four-corner 47712, composition ⿻乛乚 or ⿻𠃌乚)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 166
  • Dae Jaweon: page 168, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 49, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4E5C

Chinese

Etymology 1
trad. 乜
simp. # 乜

From 物 (MC mjut) (Lien, 2013; Chor and Lam, 2023).

Also compare Zhuang maz (“what”).

Pronunciation

Note: mêh4 - Jieyang.

Definitions

乜

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) what
    要啲乜？ [Cantonese]  ―  jiu3 di1 mat1? [Jyutping]  ―  What do you want?
    愛乜個？／爱乜个？ [Teochew]  ―  ain3 mih4 gai5? [Peng'im]  ―  What do you want?
  2. (Cantonese) anything; everything
    乜都得 [Cantonese]  ―  mat1 dou1 dak1 [Jyutping]  ―  anything goes
  3. (Cantonese) why; how come
    乜你咁傻㗎？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    mat1 nei5 gam3 so4 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    How come you're so stupid?
  4. (Cantonese) Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.
    乜你未食飯㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    乜你未食饭㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    mat1 nei5 mei6 sik6 faan6 gaa4? [Jyutping]
    So you haven't eaten yet?
    乜仲未有佢嘅消息咩？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    mat1 zung6 mei6 jau5 keoi5 ge3 siu1 sik1 me1? [Jyutping]
    So we still don't have any news about him?
Usage notes

In Teochew, when used to mean "what", this word should always be immediately followed by a noun. Otherwise, use 乜個／乜个.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 什麼 (“what”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 什麼
Mandarin Beijing 什麼, 嗎兒
Taiwan 什麼
Tianjin 嗎
Chengde 什麼
Tangshan 啥
Cangzhou 什麼, 嗎
Baoding 什麼
Shijiazhuang 啥
Chifeng 啥
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 什麼, 啥
Heihe 什麼, 啥
Qiqihar 什麼, 啥
Harbin 什麼, 啥
Jiamusi 什麼, 啥
Baicheng 啥
Changchun 啥
Tonghua 啥
Shenyang 什麼, 啥
Dandong 什麼, 啥
Jinzhou 什麼, 啥
Dalian 什麼
Yantai 什麼
Yantai (Muping) 麼, 麼個
Qingdao 什麼
Lijin 啥, 啥稿兒
Weifang (Weicheng) 啥, 什麼
Weifang (Fangzi) 什麼
Weifang (Hanting) 什麼
Changyi 什麼
Gaomi 什麼
Zhucheng 什麼
Anqiu 什麼
Changle 啥, 什麼
Linqu 什麼
Qingzhou 啥, 什麼嘎
Shouguang 啥嘎
Rizhao 什麼
Wulian 什麼
Jinan 麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個
Jining 什麼
Luoyang 啥
Wanrong 色
Shangqiu 啥
Yuanyang 什麼
Zhengzhou 啥
Lingbao 啥兒
Xinyang 啥
Baihe 啥
Hanzhong 啥子
Xi'an 什麼, 啥
Baoji 啥, 咋麼
Yinchuan 什麼, 啥
Tianshui 啥
Lanzhou 什麼, 啥
Dunhuang 啥
Xining 啥
Hami 什麼, 啥
Ürümqi 啥
Wuhan 什麼, 麼事
Yichang 什麼兒
Xiangyang 什麼, 啥子
Tianmen 什麼, 什麼的
Hong'an 什麼, 麼事, 麼東西
Chengdu 啥子
Nanchong 啥, 啥子
Dazhou 啥子
Hanyuan 啥, 啥子
Xichang 啥子
Zigong 啥子
Chongqing 啥子
Lhasa 啥子
Guiyang 哪樣
Zunyi 啷個, 啥子
Bijie 哪樣, 啷子
Liping 甚子
Zhaotong 什麼, 啥子
Dali 咋個
Kunming 什麼, 哪樣
Mengzi 哪樣
Guilin 什麼
Guilin (Lingui) 什麼
Guanyang 什麼
Liuzhou 什麼
Liuzhou (Luorong) 什麼
Jishou 什麼
Changde 麼得
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 麼子
Anqing 什麼, 麼東西
Xuzhou 什麼, 啥, 啥子
Fuyang 什麼, 啥
Wuhu 什麼
Yangzhou 什麼
Lianyungang 什麼
Lianshui 什麼
Nanjing 什麼
Hefei 什麼, 哄, 哄個
Nantong 甚呢
Malaysia 什麼
Singapore 什麼
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 啥
Dagudi (Maliba) 什麼
Reshuitang (Longling) 什麼
Mae Salong (Lancang) 哪樣, 什麼
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 什麼
Cantonese Guangzhou 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
Hong Kong 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 咩嘢
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 乜嘢
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 咩嘢
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 咩嘢
Macau 乜嘢
Guangzhou (Panyu) 乜嘢
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 乜嘢
Guangzhou (Conghua) 乜嘢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 乜嘢
Foshan 乜嘢
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 乜嘢
Foshan (Shunde) 乜嘢
Foshan (Sanshui) 乜嘢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 乜嘢
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 乜嘢
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 乜嘢
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 乜
Zhuhai (Doumen) 乜
Jiangmen (Baisha) 乜嘢
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 乜
Taishan 乜, 乜嘢
Taishan (Guanghai) 乜, 乜嘎
Kaiping (Chikan) 乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢
Enping (Niujiang) 乜嘢
Heshan (Yayao) 乜嘢
Dongguan 乜嘢, 乜
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 乜嘢
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 乜嘢, 乜
Yangjiang 乜, 乜嘢
Wuzhou 乜嘢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 物底
Guiping 乜嘢
Mengshan (Xihe) 什麼
Beiliu (Tangliao) 乜嘢
Baise 乜嘢
Qinzhou 乜嘢, 乜
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 乜底
Beihai 乜嘢
Beihai (Nankang) 乜嘢
Beihai (Yingpan) 乜底
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 乜嘢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 乜嘢
Hengzhou 哪門
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 乜嘢
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 乜嘢, 咩
Penang (Guangfu) 乜嘢, 咩
Singapore (Guangfu) 乜嘢, 咩, 乜
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 乜嘢
Móng Cái 乜嘢
Yangon (Taishan) 乜
Gan Nanchang 什哩
Lichuan 什仔
Pingxiang 咋個
Hakka Meixian 麼個
Xingning 麼個
Dabu (Gaobei) 麼個
Fengshun (Tangkeng) 麼個
Fengshun (Fengliang) 麼個
Fengshun (Pantian) 麼個
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 乜嘢
Huiyang 麼個
Huidong (Daling) 麼個
Dongguan (Qingxi) 麼個
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 麼個
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 乜嘢
Wuhua (Huacheng) 麼個
Wengyuan 麼個
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 什麼
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 麼個
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 麼個
Liannan 麼個
Conghua (Lütian) 麼個
Jiexi 麼個
Luhe 麼個
Changting 麼個, 什西哩, 什西
Wuping 麼個, 麼事
Wuping (Pingyu) 麼個
Liancheng 麼個, 什麼
Ninghua 什麼
Yudu 子個
Ruijin 咩, 唔幾
Shicheng 什麼
Shangyou (Shexi) 哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪
Tonggu (Sandu) 麼個
Ganzhou (Panlong) 什麼
Dayu 什麼
Taoyuan 麼個
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麼個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麼個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麼個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麼個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麼個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 麼個
Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) 麼個
Hong Kong 麼個
Mengshan (Xihe) 麼個
Luchuan 麼個
Senai (Huiyang) 麼個
Kuching (Hepo) 麼個
Singkawang 麼個
Pontianak (Meixian) 麼個
Singapore (Dabu) 麼個
Bangkok (Meixian) 麼個
Bangkok (Fengshun) 麼個
Huizhou Jixi 麼仂
Shexian 麼二
Jin Taiyuan 甚
Yangyuan 什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚
Datong 啥
Xinzhou 甚
Lishi 甚
Linfen 啥
Changzhi 什麼
Linhe 什麼, 甚
Jining 甚
Hohhot 甚
Erenhot 什麼, 甚
Pingshan 什麼兒
Zhangjiakou 什麼
Handan 什麼, 啥
Linzhou 啥
Suide 什麼, 甚
Jiuxing Yumin Lanxi 啥哩
Northern Min Jian'ou 孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事
Jian'ou (Dikou) 橘二, 橘二事
Songxi 什麼事
Jianyang 孰事
Wuyishan 什麼事
Pucheng (Shibei) 孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契
Eastern Min Fuzhou 什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名
Changle 什乇
Fuqing 什乇, 乜乇
Pingtan 什乇
Yongtai 哪乇
Gutian 乇, 什乇
Fu'an 乜乇
Ningde 哪乇
Shouning 呢乇
Zhouning 乜乇
Fuding 哪乇
Matsu 什乇
Singapore (Fuqing) 什乇
Southern Min Xiamen 什物, 啥物, 啥貨
Xiamen (Tong'an) 什物
Quanzhou 啥物, 乜
Jinjiang 啥物
Nan'an 什物
Shishi 啥物
Hui'an 什物
Anxi 啥物
Yongchun 啥物
Dehua 啥物
Zhangzhou 哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 啥物, 啥
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 啥
Hua'an 什物
Nanjing 哪物
Pinghe 啥物
Zhangpu 啥貨
Yunxiao 什物仔
Zhao'an 什物
Dongshan 什物
Taipei 啥貨, 啥物, 啥
Taipei (Wanhua) 啥物
New Taipei (Sanxia) 啥
Kaohsiung 啥, 啥貨, 啥物
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 啥物, 啥
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 啥物, 啥
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 啥物, 啥
Yilan 啥貨, 啥物貨
Changhua (Lukang) 啥物, 啥貨
Taichung 啥, 啥貨
Taichung (Wuqi) 啥物
Tainan 啥物, 啥貨
Taitung 啥物
Hsinchu 啥, 啥物
Kinmen 啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代
Penghu (Magong) 啥貨, 物代
Penang (Hokkien) 何物
Singapore (Hokkien) 什物
Manila (Hokkien) 啥物
Medan (Hokkien) 何物
Longyan 什物
Datian 啥貨, 什物
Chaozhou 乜個, 乜
Shantou 乜個, 乜
Shantou (Chenghai) 乜個
Shantou (Chaoyang) 乜個
Jieyang 乜個, 乜, 是乜
Haifeng 乜個, 乜
Bangkok (Teochew) 乜個
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 乜個
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 乜個
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 乜個
Singapore (Teochew) 乜個, 什乜, 底個
Batam (Teochew) 乜個, 什乜, 底個
Pontianak (Teochew) 乜個
Leizhou 乜
Wenchang 乜
Haikou 乜, 個乜
Qionghai 乜
Singapore (Hainanese) 乜
Central Min Yong'an 啥貨
Sanyuan 啥貨
Shaxian 啥貨
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 乜儗
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 門, 哪門
Binyang (Xinqiao) 哪門
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 什個
Luxi (Lijiatian) 什家
Wu Shanghai 啥, 啥個, 啥物事
Shanghai (Chongming) 何
Suzhou 啥, 啥個, 啥物事
Wuxi 啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物
Danyang 點高
Hangzhou 啥
Ningbo 啥, 啥西
Wenzhou 何乜
Jinhua 待, 淡
Xiang Changsha 麼子
Loudi 麼子
Shuangfeng 麼子
Quanzhou 什麼
Guanyang (Wenshi) 啥
Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以
Mandarin Beijing 為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼
Taiwan 為什麼
Tianjin 為嘛
Harbin 為啥
Yantai (Muping) 為麼, 為麼個
Jinan 為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼
Xi'an 為啥, 因啥
Yinchuan 為啥
Lanzhou 為啥
Xining 為啥
Ürümqi 為啥
Wuhan 做麼事, 為麼事
Chengdu 為啥子, 做啥子
Guiyang 為哪樣, 為些哪樣
Guilin 為什麼
Liuzhou 為什麼
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 為什麼
Xuzhou 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼
Yangzhou 甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal
Nanjing 為什麼
Hefei 怎搞, 怎搞的
Malaysia 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
Singapore 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
Cantonese Guangzhou 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
Hong Kong 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因咩解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 做乜嘢
Macau 為乜嘢
Guangzhou (Panyu) 點解
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 整乜嘢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 做乜嘢
Foshan 點解
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 點解
Foshan (Shunde) 為乜嘢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 因乜嘢, 點解
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 點解
Zhuhai (Doumen) 點解
Jiangmen (Baisha) 點解
Taishan 幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路
Kaiping (Chikan) 幾解
Enping (Niujiang) 做乜
Dongguan 點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 點解
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 點解
Yangjiang 為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 為物底
Qinzhou 為乜嘢, 為乜
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 為乜底
Beihai 為乜嘢
Beihai (Nankang) 做乜嘢
Beihai (Yingpan) 為乜底
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 做乜嘢, 為乜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 做乜嘢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 做乜嘢, 為乜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 點解
Singapore (Guangfu) 點解
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 做乜嘢
Móng Cái 點解, 為乜
Yangon (Taishan) 幾解
Gan Nanchang 為什哩
Pingxiang 為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解
Hakka Meixian 做麼個
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 做乜嘢, 做嘢
Dongguan (Qingxi) 做麼個
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 做麼個
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 仰解, 做乜嘢
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 為乜嘢
Conghua (Lütian) 為麼個
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 做麼個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 做麼個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 做麼個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 做麼個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 做麼個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 做麼個
Hong Kong 做麼個
Jin Taiyuan 為甚, 因為甚, 幹什
Xinzhou 𠰻們
Northern Min Jian'ou 為孰事, 做孰事
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢
Changle 傒勢
Fuqing 介計
Yongtai 蔣其
Gutian 做什乇
Fu'an 做乜乇
Ningde 做乇
Shouning 做呢乇
Zhouning 做乜乇
Fuding 做哪乇
Matsu 為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢
Southern Min Xiamen 為什物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創什物
Quanzhou 按怎, 物代
Jinjiang 為啥物
Zhangzhou 按怎
Zhao'an 為甚物
Dongshan 為甚物
Taipei 為啥物, 是按怎
Penang (Hokkien) 何物事, 做物事, 做物
Singapore (Hokkien) 按怎
Manila (Hokkien) 敢哪, 敢哪誌
Chaozhou 做呢
Shantou 做呢
Shantou (Chaoyang) 做呢
Singapore (Teochew) 做呢
Leizhou 作乜, 因乜
Wenchang 作乜, 因乜, 怎作
Haikou 作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜
Singapore (Hainanese) 作乜
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 為乜嘢
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 做門, 做哪門, 為哪門
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 為什個
Wu Shanghai 啥體, 為啥, 啥講究, 為啥體, 啥個講究, 啥道理, 為啥道理, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故
Shanghai (Chongming) 為何, 做何
Suzhou 為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體
Danyang 為點高, 做點高
Hangzhou 為啥
Wenzhou 妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹
Jinhua 為淡事幹, 為待西
Xiang Changsha 為麼子, 何解
Xiangtan 奚解
Loudi 嗎介
Shuangfeng 為麼子, 做麼子

Compounds

Etymology 2
trad. 乜
simp. # 乜

Pronunciation

Definitions

乜

  1. to narrow one's eyes and squint

Compounds
  • 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

Etymology 3
trad. 乜
simp. # 乜

Pronunciation

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
Baxter mjaeX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 me5
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/

Definitions

乜

  1. a surname, listed 388th in the Baijiaxing

Etymology 4
trad. 乜
simp. # 乜

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

Definitions

乜

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) that
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 那 (“that”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 彼, 其, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 那, 該
Mandarin Beijing 那
Taiwan 那
Tianjin 那
Chengde 那
Tangshan 那
Cangzhou 那
Baoding 那
Shijiazhuang 那
Chifeng 那
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 那
Heihe 那
Qiqihar 那
Harbin 那
Jiamusi 那
Baicheng 那
Changchun 那
Tonghua 那
Shenyang 那
Dandong 那
Jinzhou 那
Dalian 那
Yantai 那, 乜
Yantai (Muping) 那
Lijin 那, 乜
Zhucheng 那, 乜
Jinan 那
Wanrong 𠰻, 兀3, 奈
Shangqiu 那
Yuanyang 那
Zhengzhou 那
Lingbao 那
Xinyang 那
Baihe 那
Hanzhong 那
Xi'an 兀3, 那
Baoji 那
Yinchuan 那, 呶
Tianshui 那
Lanzhou 那
Dunhuang 那
Xining 那
Hami 那
Ürümqi 那
Wuhan 那
Yichang 那
Xiangyang 那
Tianmen 那
Hong'an 那
Chengdu 那
Nanchong 那
Dazhou 那
Hanyuan 那
Xichang 那
Zigong 那
Chongqing 那
Guiyang 那
Zunyi 那
Bijie 那
Liping 那
Zhaotong 那
Dali 那
Kunming 那
Mengzi 那
Guilin 那
Liuzhou 那
Jishou 那
Changde 那
Xuzhou 那
Pizhou 那
Ganyu 那
Fuyang 那
Wuhu 那, 顧
Yangzhou 那
Baoying 那
Lianyungang 那
Donghai 那
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 那
Lianshui 那
Nanjing 那
Hefei 那
Nantong 葛
Rugao 那
Yancheng 那
Funing 那
Sihong 那
Taizhou 那
Zhenjiang 那
Malaysia 那
Singapore 那
Cantonese Guangzhou 嗰
Hong Kong 嗰
Macau 嗰
Taishan 嚀, 𡃕
Dongguan 嗰
Yangjiang 那
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嗰
Singapore (Guangfu) 嗰
Gan Nanchang 許
Nanchang (Wangcheng) 許
Anyi 爾
Lushan 爾
Pengze 爾
Duchang 爾
Wuning (Quankou) 爾
Poyang 爾
Yugan 爾
Wannian 那
Hengfeng 爾
Yanshan 爾
Yanshan 爾
Leping 恁
Fengxin 許
Wanzai 許
Fengcheng 許
Xinyu 許
Fuzhou (Shangdundu) 恁
Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 恁
Nancheng 階
Nanfeng 許
Yihuang 里
Lichuan 許
Chongren 許
Pingxiang 恁
Ji'an 改
Yongfeng 蓋
Xiajiang 許
Yingtan (Yujiang) 里
Guixi 許
Jinxian 恁
Jinxi 恁
Le'an 許
Guangchang 該
Anfu 改
Wan'an 介
Jing'an 許
Hakka Changting 解
Shanghang 介
Wuping 解
Liancheng 解
Qingliu 介
Yudu 界
Shangyou (Shexi) 界
Dayu 密
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 該
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 該
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 該
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 該
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 該
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 遐
Hong Kong 哎
Kuching (Hepo) 嗰
Huizhou Jixi 那
Shexian 那
Wuyuan 箇
Fuliang 爾
Jin Taiyuan 兀3, 那
Yangyuan 那
Datong 那
Xinzhou 𠰻
Lishi 那, 𠰻
Linfen 兀
Changzhi 那
Linhe 那
Jining 那
Hohhot 那
Erenhot 那
Pingshan 那
Zhangjiakou 那
Handan 那
Suide 那
Northern Min Jian'ou 兀4
Songxi 兀4
Zhenghe 兀4
Jianyang 兀4
Eastern Min Fuzhou 許
Changle 許
Lianjiang 許
Fuqing 許
Pingtan 許
Yongtai 許
Minqing 許
Gutian 許
Pingnan 許
Luoyuan 許
Fu'an 許
Xiapu 許
Zherong 那
Shouning 許
Zhouning 許
Fuding 許
Singapore (Fuqing) 許
Southern Min Xiamen 彼, 許
Xiamen (Tong'an) 彼
Quanzhou 彼, 許
Jinjiang 彼
Nan'an 彼
Shishi 彼
Hui'an 彼
Anxi 彼
Yongchun 彼
Dehua 彼
Zhangzhou 彼, 許
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 彼
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 彼
Hua'an 彼
Nanjing 彼
Pinghe 彼
Zhangpu 彼
Yunxiao 彼
Zhao'an 彼
Dongshan 彼
Taipei 彼
Kaohsiung 彼
Penghu (Xiyu) 那
Singapore (Hokkien) 彼
Manila (Hokkien) 彼, 許
Datian 彼
Chaozhou 許
Shantou 許
Haifeng 許
Singapore (Teochew) 許
Batam (Teochew) 許
Wenchang 許
Singapore (Hainanese) 許
Shaojiang Min Guangze 兀4
Mingxi 兀4
Wu Shanghai 埃, 伊
Shanghai (Chongming) 艾, 港, 葛 also this
Shanghai (Songjiang) 威
Suzhou 歸
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 介面
Wuxi 過
Changshu 過
Changzhou 過
Danyang 過
Gaochun (Zhongbao) 古
Wenzhou 許
Shangrao 麼
Yushan 忽
Xiang Changsha 那
Shuangfeng 喏

Etymology 5
trad. 乜
simp. # 乜

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

乜

  1. (Hakka) also
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 亦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 也
Mandarin Beijing 也
Taiwan 也
Jinan 也
Xi'an 也
Wuhan 也
Chengdu 也
Guilin 也
Yangzhou 也
Hefei 也
Malaysia 也
Singapore 也
Cantonese Guangzhou 都, 亦
Hong Kong 都, 亦, 亦都
Macau 都, 亦 formal
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 都, 也
Taishan 亦
Kaiping (Chikan) 亦, 都, 亦都
Yangjiang 也
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 都
Singapore (Guangfu) 都, 亦都
Gan Nanchang 也
Hakka Meixian 也
Wuhua (Meilin) 也
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乜, 也
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘛
Kuching (Hepo) 呠
Huizhou Jixi 也
Jin Taiyuan 也
Northern Min Jian'ou 也
Eastern Min Fuzhou 也
Southern Min Xiamen 也, 嘛
Quanzhou 也, 嘛
Zhangzhou 也, 嘛
Taipei 也, 嘛
Penang (Hokkien) 呠
Singapore (Hokkien) 也, 呠, 嘛
Manila (Hokkien) 也, 嘛
Chaozhou 也
Shantou 也
Jieyang 也
Singapore (Teochew) 呠, 也, 嘛
Pontianak (Teochew) 也
Wenchang 也
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 都
Wu Shanghai 也
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 也
Xiang Changsha 也
Shuangfeng 也

Japanese

Kanji
乜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to squint

Readings
  • Go-on: め (me)
  • Kan-on: ば (ba)
  • Kun: やぶにらみ (yabunirami, 乜み)

Korean

Hanja

乜 (eumhun 사팔뜨기 먀 (sapaltteugi mya))

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Vietnamese

Han character

乜: Hán Việt readings: khiết[1]

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References
  1. Trần (2004).
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