"mean" meaning in Chinese

See mean in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /miːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /miːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: min¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mīn [Cantonese, Yale], min¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], min¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English mean. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|mean}} English mean Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} mean
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) mean (unkind; offensive) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-mean-zh-adj-5tymVveA Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese

Verb

IPA: /miːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /miːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: min¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mīn [Cantonese, Yale], min¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], min¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English mean. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|mean}} English mean Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} mean
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to be mean towards someone Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-mean-zh-verb-jymXNptw Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 10 90
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