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See also: 眯
瞇 U+7787, 瞇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7787
← 瞆
[U+7786] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瞈 →
[U+7788]

Translingual

Han character

瞇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜火木 (BUYFD), four-corner 69039, composition ⿰目迷)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 813, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23556
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1227, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2503, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7787

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 目 + phonetic 迷 (OC *miː).

Etymology 1

More information trad., simp. ...

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Zhangzhou:
    • bî - “to be sound asleep”;
    • bi - “to narrow one's eyes; to take a nap; to look at someone indirectly”.

Definitions

瞇

  1. to squint; to narrow one's eyes
    瞇著眼睛看／眯着眼睛看  ―  mī zhe yǎnjīng kàn  ―  to squint one's eyes to look
    瞇埋眼瞓覺／眯埋眼𰥛觉 [Cantonese]  ―  mei1 maai4 ngaan5 fan3 gaau3 [Jyutping]  ―  to close one's eyes to sleep
  2. (dialectal, colloquial) to take a nap; to doze off
    我想瞇一會兒。 [MSC, trad.]
    我想眯一会儿。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎng mī yìhúir. [Pinyin]
    I want to take a nap for a while.
    伊予我瞇一下，我才陪伊出去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊予我眯一下，我才陪伊出去。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    I hō͘ góa bî chi̍t-ē, góa chiah pôe i chhut-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He let me take a nap for a while, then I accompanied him going out.
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be sound asleep; to be fast asleep
  4. (Hokkien) to look at someone indirectly
  5. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to look furtively; to look stealthily
  6. (Shiqi Cantonese, Zhongshan Min) to sleep
    Alternative form: 寐
  7. (Teochew) to close one's eyes
    Alternative forms: 𥅽, 瞑

Synonyms

  • (to squint): (Hokkien) 瞇目／眯目
  • (to look at someone indirectly, to look furtively): (Hokkien) 猸
  • (to sleep):
Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]
More information Variety, Location ...

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 瞇 – see 眯 (“to get into one's eye; to blind; nightmare”).
(This character is a variant form of 眯).

References

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Vietnamese

Han character

瞇: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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