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咩

miē

Character

What 咩 means

1. the bleating of sheep
2. final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)

Other readings

咩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• miēold variant of {咩|miē}

Characters that look like 咩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 详xiángdetailed; comprehensive
• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 哔bì(phonetic)
• 唏xīsound of sobbing
• 哞mōumoo (sound made by cow)

Sounds the same

Read miē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乜used in 乜斜; (Cantonese) what?
• 孭to carry on the back or shoulders (Cantonese)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read miē correctly.
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