"miai" meaning in English

See miai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 /看亲情 (khòaⁿ-chhin-chiâⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相親像 /相亲像 (sio-chhin-chhiūⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相看 (tùi-khòaⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 對相 /对相 (tùi-siàng/tùi-siòng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 相親 /相亲 (soeng¹ can¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 相睼 (soeng¹ tai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 相親 /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: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'formal marriage interview': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'formal marriage interview — see also blind date': 88 12
  2. (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 Categories (topical): Go
    Sense id: en-miai-en-noun-9QTXYrUl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blind date

Inflected forms

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