瞇

See also: 眯

瞇 U+7787, 瞇 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 6903₉, 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

trad.		瞇/眯*
simp.		眯*
alternative forms		𥇆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mī (mi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei¹ / mi¹ / mai⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bî / bi / mi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mi¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mi
    • Wade–Giles: mi¹
    • Yale: mī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei¹ / mi¹ / mai⁴
    • Yale: mēi / mī / màih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei¹ / mi¹ / mai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi¹ / mi¹ / mei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/

Note:

• bî - “to take a nap (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan); to sleep (Zhangzhou); to look at someone indirectly (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan); to look furtively”;
• bi - “to look at someone indirectly (Zhangzhou)”.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mi¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹mi
    • MiniDict: 'mi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi⁵³/

Definitions

瞇

1. 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]  ―  mei¹ maai⁴ ngaan⁵ fan³ gaau³ [Jyutping]  ―  to close one's eyes to sleep

2. (dialectal, colloquial, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to take a nap; to doze off

   我想瞇一會兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   我想眯一会儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng mī yìhúir. [Pinyin]

   I want to take a nap for a while.

   伊予我瞇一下，我才陪伊出去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊予我眯一下，我才陪伊出去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   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.

3. (Hokkien) to look at someone indirectly
4. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to look furtively; to look stealthily
5. (Zhongshan Min Cantonese, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to sleep

   alt. forms: 寐 (mèi)

6. (Teochew) to close one's eyes

   alt. forms: 𥅽, 瞑

   • 《古板新造蘇六娘金釵羅帕記全歌》

     賤妾死了目不𥅽 [Teochew, trad.]
     贱妾死了目不𥅽 [Teochew, simp.]

     zuan⁷ ciêb⁴ si² liou³ mag⁸ bug⁴ mi¹ [Peng'im]

     After I die my eyes will not remain closed

   • 《潮汕魚名歌》 [1]/[2]

     蚶蠔店𥅽難尋覓 [Teochew, trad.]
     蚶蚝店𥅽难寻觅 [Teochew, simp.]

     (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:

     伊死了目合不瞑。 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]

     i¹ si² liou² mag⁸ hab⁸ m⁷ mi¹. [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):

Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
	Taiwan	睡覺, 睡
	Ulanhot	睡覺
	Tongliao	睡覺
	Chifeng	睡覺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	睡覺
	Malaysia	睡覺, 睡
	Singapore	睡覺, 睡
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	睡覺
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	睏覺
	Weifang (Fangzi)	睏覺
	Changle	睏覺
	Shouguang	睏覺
	Wulian	睏覺
	Jinan	睡覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	睡覺, 睡
	Weifang (Hanting)	睏覺
	Changyi	睏覺
	Gaomi	睏覺
	Zhucheng	睏覺
	Anqiu	睏覺
	Linqu	睏覺
	Qingzhou	睏覺
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	睡
	Xi'an	睡覺, 睡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	睡
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	睡覺
	Ürümqi	呼啷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	睡瞌睡
	Wuhan	睡瞌睡, 睡
	Guiyang	睡瞌睡
	Guilin	睡覺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	睡覺, 睡
	Yangzhou	睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
	Nantong	睏
	Hefei	睡覺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記
	Hong Kong	瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	瞓覺
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	瞓覺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	睡目
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	瞓覺
	Macau	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瞓
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瞓, 睡
	Foshan	瞓覺
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Shunde)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瞓覺
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瞇覺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	瞓覺
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瞓覺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瞓覺
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瞓覺
	Taishan	瞓覺, 瞓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瞓覺
	Enping (Niujiang)	瞓覺
	Heshan (Yayao)	瞓覺
	Dongguan	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	瞓覺
	Yangjiang	瞓覺, 瞓
	Zhanjiang	瞓覺, 曬鋪
	Nanning	睡覺
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	睡覺
	Hepu (Shatian)	睡覺, 瞓覺
	Beihai	睡覺
	Beihai (Nankang)	睡覺
	Beihai (Yingpan)	睡覺
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	睡覺
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	瞓覺
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	睡覺
	Danzhou	閉眼
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	閉眼
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瞓覺
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瞓覺, 瞓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瞓覺
	Móng Cái	睡覺
Gan	Nanchang	睏覺, 睏
	Lichuan	睏覺, 睏
	Pingxiang	睏覺, 睏
Hakka	Meixian	睡目, 睡
	Xingning	睡目
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huiyang	睡目, 睡
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huidong (Daling)	睡目
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	睡目, 睡覺
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	睡目
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	瞓
	Boluo (Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	睡目
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	睡目
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	睡目
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	睡目
	Wuhua (Changbu)	睡目
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	睡目
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	瞓, 瞓覺
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	睡覺
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	睡覺
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	睡
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	睡覺
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	睡眼
	Liannan	睡目
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	睡眼
	Jiexi	睡目
	Changting	睡目
	Wuping	睡目
	Wuping (Pingyu)	睡目
	Liancheng	睡目
	Ninghua	歇
	Yudu	歇眼, 打席
	Ruijin	歇眼
	Shicheng	歇, 睡
	Shangyou (Shexi)	歇覺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	睡目
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	睡目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	睡目
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡目, 睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	睡目, 睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	睡目, 睡
	Hong Kong	睡目
	Luchuan	睡覺
	Sabah (Longchuan)	睡目
	Senai (Huiyang)	睡目
	Kuching (Hepo)	睡目
	Singkawang	睡目
	Singapore (Dabu)	睡目
	Bangkok (Meixian)	睡目
Huizhou	Jixi	睏覺, 睏
	Shexian	睡
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	睏
	Xiuning	睏
	Yixian	睏
	Qimen	睏
	Wuyuan	睏
Jin	Taiyuan	睡覺, 睡
	Taibus (Baochang)	睡覺
	Linhe	睡覺
	Jining	睡覺
	Baotou	睡覺
	Dongsheng	睡覺
	Haibowan	睡覺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目䁒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	目䁒
	Songxi	目䁒
	Zhenghe	目䁒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	眠䁒
	Jianyang	目䁒
	Wuyishan	目䁒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瞌眠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	睏, 睏眠
	Fuzhou (Changle)	睏
	Fuqing	睏
	Yongtai	睏
	Gutian	睏
	Fu'an	睏
	Ningde	睏
	Shouning	睏
	Zhouning	睏
	Fuding	睏
	Matsu	睏
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	睏眠
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	睏
	Quanzhou	睏
	Shishi	睏
	Anxi	睏
	Zhangzhou	睏
	Pinghe	睏
	Zhao'an	睏
	Dongshan	睏
	Taipei	睏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	睏
	Kaohsiung	睏
	Yilan	睏
	Changhua (Lukang)	睏
	Taichung	睏
	Taichung (Wuqi)	睏
	Tainan	睏
	Taitung	睏
	Hsinchu	睏
	Kinmen	睏
	Penghu (Magong)	睏
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	睏
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏
	Medan (Hokkien)	睏
	Zhangping	睏
	Datian	睏
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	睏覺
	Chaozhou	夗
	Shantou	夗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	夗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	夗
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	夗
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	睏
	Jieyang	夗, 死瞌
	Puning	夗
	Haifeng	睏, 夗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	夗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	夗
	Singapore (Teochew)	夗
	Leizhou	瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇
	Wenchang	瞌, 偃瞌
	Haikou	瞌, 偃瞌
	Qionghai	瞌, 偃瞌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	瞌
Puxian Min	Putian	睏
	Xianyou	睏
Central Min	Yong'an	倒眠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瞇
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	瞇, 瞇覺
Shehua	Fu'an	眠
	Fuding	眠
	Luoyuan	眠
	Shunchang	眠
	Cangnan	眠
	Jingning (Hexi)	眠
Wu	Shanghai	睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	睏
	Suzhou	睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang
	Wuxi	睏覺
	Danyang	睏覺, 睏
	Hangzhou	睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	睏覺, 睏
	Ningbo	睏覺, 睏
	Wenzhou	睏
	Jinhua	睏褥, 睏
Xiang	Changsha	睏覺, 睏, 睡覺
	Loudi	睏覺, 睏
	Shuangfeng	睏眼閉, 睏覺
	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)‎^[3], 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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