瞇

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

• 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

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

瞇

1. to squint; to narrow one's eyes

   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. (colloquial) to take a nap
3. (Zhongshan Min Cantonese and Min) to sleep

   alt. forms: 寐 (mèi)

4. (Southern Min) to look furtively
5. (Teochew) to close one's eyes

   alt. forms: 𥅽, 瞑

   • 《古板新造蘇六娘金釵羅帕記全歌》

     賤妾死了目不𥅽 [Teochew, trad.]
     贱妾死了目不𥅽 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 《潮汕魚名歌》 /

     蚶蠔店𥅽難尋覓 [Teochew, trad.]
     蚶蚝店𥅽难寻觅 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “瞑 (miⁿ)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 377:

     伊死了目合不瞑。 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]

     i¹ si² liou² mag⁸ hab⁸ m⁷ mi¹. [Peng'im]

     After he was dead, his eyes would not remain closed.

• (to squint): (Hokkien) 瞇目／眯目
• (to sleep):

• “瞇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

瞇: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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