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咪

mī

Character

What 咪 means

1. sound for calling a cat

Example sentences

• 咪咪！
  Kitty!
• 啾咪。
  XOXO.
• 唵嘛呢叭咪吽
  ǎnmaníbāmīhōng
  Oṃ - the gem is in the lotus - hūṃ
• 猫咪很可爱。
  Cats are cute.
• 我想要两只猫咪。
  Wǒ xiǎngyào liǎng zhī māomī.
  I want two kitties.
• 我的妈咪在那里？
  Where's my mum?

Words starting with 咪

• 咪咪mī mīoboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc…
• 咪嘴mī zuǐto lip-sync
• 咪唑mī zuòimidazole (chemistry) (loanword)

Words containing 咪

• 妈咪mā mimommy (loanword)
• 猫咪māo mīkitty
• 悄悄咪咪qiāo qiāo mī mī(dialect) quietly; stealthily
• 欧咪呀给ōu mī yā gěi(Taiwan) gift given when visiting sb…
• 唵嘛呢叭咪吽ǎn má ní bā mī hōngom mani padme hum (Buddhist mantra)
• 悄咪咪qiāo mī mīsee 悄悄咪咪

Characters built on 米

These share the phonetic component 米 (mǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 眯míto blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

Characters that look like 咪

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

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 狼lángwolf
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 咏yǒngto sing
• 哝nóng(bound form) to mutter; to mumble
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read mī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 眯to narrow one's eyes; to squint; (dialect) to take a nap