"喵" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /miːu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mɛːu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /miːu̯⁵⁵/, /mɛːu̯⁵⁵/, /miæ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: miāo [Mandarin, Pinyin], miao¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], miu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], meu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ¹miau, miāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], miao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], miao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], myāu [Mandarin, Yale], mhiau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мяо [Mandarin, Palladius], mjao [Mandarin, Palladius], mīu [Cantonese, Yale], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], miu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], meu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], miu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ¹miau [Wu], 'miau^平 [Wu], /miæ⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 苗. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{m|zh|口//|||tr=-}} 口, {{m|zh|苗//|||tr=-}} 苗, {{Han compound|口|苗|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|no_och2=y}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 苗 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 喵
  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of a cat: meow, mew. Tags: onomatopoeic Categories (topical): Animal sounds Synonyms: 咪咪 (mīmī) Derived forms: 喵喵
    Sense id: en-喵-zh-character-kyZjJi6D Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese onomatopoeias, Han phono-semantic compounds

Download JSON data for 喵 meaning in Chinese (3.9kB)

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      "ipa": "/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "mīu"
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