"miai" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: miais [plural], miai [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 見合い (みあい, miai). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|見合い||sc=Jpan|tr=みあい, miai}} Japanese 見合い (みあい, miai) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|miai}} miai (countable and uncountable, plural miais or miai)
  1. (countable) In Japan, a formal marriage interview, marriage meeting. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms (formal marriage interview): omiai Translations (formal marriage interview — see also blind date): 看親情 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 看亲情 (khòaⁿ-chhin-chiâⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相親像 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相亲像 (sio-chhin-chhiūⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相看 (tùi-khòaⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 對相 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 对相 (tùi-siàng/tùi-siòng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相親 (Chinese Cantonese), 相亲 (soeng¹ can¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 相睼 (soeng¹ tai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 相親 (Chinese Mandarin), 相亲 (xiāngqīn) (Chinese Mandarin), Miai [neuter] (German), Omiai [neuter] (German), 見合い (miai) (alt: みあい) (Japanese), お見合い (o-miai) (alt: おみあい) (Japanese), 맞선 (matseon) (Korean), 소개팅 (sogaeting) (Korean), о-миа́и (o-miái) [neuter] (Russian), смотри́ны (smotríny) (note: old Russian tradition, "bride show") [dated, feminine, plural] (Russian), dạm ngõ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-miai-en-noun-kJhmWJqT Disambiguation of Marriage: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'formal marriage interview': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'formal marriage interview — see also blind date': 81 19
  2. In the game of go, the situation where two plays are available such that if one player takes one, the opponent will take the other one. The term applies most commonly when both possibilities give the same result. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-miai-en-noun-fPpt4vhL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blind date

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} miai
  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of miar Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: miar
    Sense id: en-miai-gl-verb-0-vnoRZQ Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=m}} miai m
  1. plural of miao Tags: form-of, masculine, plural Form of: miao
    Sense id: en-miai-it-noun-WUPtnyr3 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} miai
  1. second-person plural imperative of miar Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: miar
    Sense id: en-miai-pt-verb-0-vnoRZQ Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "맞선"
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      "sense": "formal marriage interview — see also blind date",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "смотри́ны"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "formal marriage interview — see also blind date",
      "word": "dạm ngõ"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "miao"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of miao"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miao",
          "miao#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "miai"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "miai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
        "Portuguese verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "miar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural imperative of miar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miar",
          "miar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "miai"
}

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