秒
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A second in a degree; a ten thousandth; a minute.
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gûeh sĭ sîh chit hun kah sì míoⁿ lâk hut;
in the eclipse of the moon, the shadow extended over seven minutes, four seconds and six tenths of a second.
妙
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Cleverness.
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khìo-míoⁿ;
penetration; sharpness of insight.
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i kâi khìo-mîoⁿ hó̤ căi;
has great quickness and depth of penetration.
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i sui-sĭ sòi, sĭm sĭ khìo-míoⁿ;
though he is small he is very astute.
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bô̤ khìo bô̤ míoⁿ;
has no insight.
渺
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Vast; vague; boundless.
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míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng, bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤-sṳ̆;
a boundless expanse with no land in view.
杳
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Obscure, somber; mysterious.
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míoⁿ-mâng kâi sṳ̄;
a mystery.
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míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng;
unintelligible; dark and vague; nothing to be guided by.
藐
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To look down on; to treat haughtily.
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míoⁿ-sĭ nâng;
look upon people with disdain.
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i khah míoⁿ-sĭ i;
he treated him too contemptuously.
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míoⁿ-sĭ nâng thài sĭm;
excessively supercilious toward people.
苗
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Descendants; progeny.
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cí kâi sĭ i kâi mîoⁿ-ī;
these are his descendants.
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sái kàu i bŏi tn̆g-có̤h kṳn-mîoⁿ;
so that he may not be without posterity.
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mîoⁿ-kíaⁿ;
the aborigines in Kwei-chau.
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sek-mîoⁿ;
half civilized aborigines.
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cheⁿ mîoⁿ;
savage aborigines.
猺
- A wild dog, or jackal; applied by the Cantonese to a tribe of aborigines living in the north-west
of the province, and reputed to have tails.
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mîoⁿ-jîn; mîoⁿ-cṳ́; mîoⁿ kíaⁿ;
the aborigines of Canton province.
妙
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Wonderful; mysterious; subtle.
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àu-mĭoⁿ;
hard to fathom; occult.
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mĭoⁿ ă!
It is wonderful!