A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / miⁿ

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瞑

• Closed eyes; eyes shut so as not to perceive.

• mâk hâp miⁿ-miⁿ, tīam-tīam gût;

  shut the eyes tightly, and sleep soundly.

• i sí lío mâk hâp m̄ miⁿ;

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

靡

• Not; without.

• i míⁿ sṳ̄ put ûi, i àiⁿ ŭ lĭ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

  there is no sort of business he will not do, he cares only for profit.

• thiⁿ mĕng míⁿ sîeⁿ;

  the decrees of heaven are not unvarying.

棉

• The cotton plant.

• mîⁿ hue;

  raw cotton.

• khṳ̀ mâh-mîⁿ chīu kha kò̤ tô̤h mâh-mîⁿ, lâi jîp tĭen;

  go under the cotton tree and gather some cotton to stuff a cushion with.

• mîⁿ phŭe;

  a thick cotton coverlet.

• phah phŭe mîⁿ;

  to bow-string cotton for coverlets.

• sĭang-hái mîⁿ;

  Shanghai cotton.

• îeⁿ mîⁿ;

  foreign cotton.

• mîⁿ tō̤;

  a cotton-bale.

• mîⁿ se;

  cotton yarn.

• pháng mîⁿ-seⁿ kâi chia;

  a spinning-wheel.

迷

• To delude; to bewitch; to fascinate; infatuated; blinded; stupefied; besotted.

• pun kúi mîⁿ tîeh;

  possessed by a demon.

• hun mîⁿ; hun-hun mîⁿ-mîⁿ;

  bewildered; infatuated; confused.

• pun i mîⁿ khṳ̀;

  bewitched by her.

• mîⁿ-sit lō-thû;

  lost his way.

• i cong-kú cip mîⁿ, m̄ ngŏ̤;

  he holds persistently to that which possesses him, and will not shake it off; he is stolidly and willfully dull.

• khṳt mîⁿ-hun kúi khang khṳ̀ sak thô;

  was lead away by a demon that blinds and enchants people, and had the orifices of his head all stopped up with clay.

糜

• Soft, pulpy,

• pû kàu mîⁿ-mîⁿ;

  boil it toa pulp.

• lṳ́ kâi mûeⁿ àiⁿ pû mîⁿ a pû khīu?

  Do you want your congee boiled much or little?

• mîⁿ-nūaⁿ;

  rotten.

• cêk sin mîⁿ-mîⁿ nūaⁿ-nūaⁿ;

  his body is one mass of corruption.

• mîⁿ kha-lîam;

  a decayed shin.

緜

• Flocculent; cottony; fluffy; flossy; floss.

• si mîⁿ;

  refuse silk.

• si mîⁿ phŭe;

  a coverlet stuffed with unspun silk.

• mîⁿ-îeⁿ;

  sheep.

• kio mîⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ ńng;

  soft as unspun silk.

麋

• The short necked deer.

• mîⁿ jông;

  elk-horns, used in medicine.

謎

• A riddle; an enigma; a conundrum; a puzzle.

• khui mĭⁿ;

  propound a riddle.

• phah mīⁿ;

  guess riddles.

• i tah kŭa kâi mĭⁿ pêⁿ;

  he has set up a platform to propound conundrums from.

• mĭⁿ tói;

  the solution or answer.

• chíaⁿ mĭⁿ tói;

  “‘give it up.”

• cìe i kâi mĭⁿ bûn lâi thóiⁿ, phah lâi to tîeh;

  following out the puzzle as laid down in the written statement, tho solution is correct.

• phah mĭⁿ àiⁿ ŭ hûeⁿ khìo;

  in conundrums there must be a double meaning in the words.

媚

• Smirking, smiling; to speak soft words; to adulate; to flatter; blandishments.

• i sĭ thíam-mĭⁿ nâng kâi nâng;

  he is a toady.

• sĭen-kio kâi cū pit-tīaⁿ sĭen-mĭⁿ;

  the haughty are sure to be sycophantic.

• thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kâi mĭⁿ îong;

  appears fascinating.

麵

• Wheaten flour.

• mīⁿ-hue; mīⁿ-hún;

  wheaten flour.

• mīⁿ pau;

  wheaten loaves.

• mīⁿ tîo;

  vermicelli made from wheaten flour.

• phah mīⁿ;

  to make flour.

• oi mīⁿ;

  to grind into flour.