乜斜

Chinese

Etymology 1

		squint; (dial.) what	slanting
trad. (乜斜)		乜	斜
simp. ^#(乜斜)		乜	斜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miēxie

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): me¹ ce⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miēxie
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miesie̊
  - Wade–Giles: mieh¹-hsieh⁵
  - Yale: myē-sye
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhie.shie
  - Palladius: месе (mese)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: me¹ ce⁴
  - Yale: mē chèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: me¹ tse⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mé¹ cé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹/

Verb

乜斜

to squint; to glance sideways

Adjective

乜斜

half-closed (of eyes)
clumsy; confused; awkward

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 乜斜 – see 歪斜 (“crooked; askew; aslant; crooked; askew; aslant”). (This term, 乜斜, is a variant form of 歪斜.)

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