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 thóiⁿ ceng mĭn, thóiⁿ hût mīn;
 * does not look at the faces of the priests, but at that of Buddh.


 * a phûa mīn, a phûa mīn;
 * like an old woman; nothing about him to excite respect or fear.


 * cṳ-nîe mīn;
 * an effeminate look.


 * ta-po mīn;
 * a masculine face.


 * mīn hong-jŭn;
 * fresh looking.



míoⁿ

 * A second in a degree; a ten thousandth; a minute.
 * 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.
 * in the eclipse of the moon, the shadow extended over seven minutes, four seconds and six tenths of a second.


 * Cleverness.
 * khìo-míoⁿ;
 * penetration; sharpness of insight.
 * penetration; sharpness of insight.


 * i kâi khìo-mîoⁿ hó̤ căi;
 * has great quickness and depth of penetration.


 * i sui-sĭ sòi, sĭm sĭ khìo-míoⁿ;
 * though he is small he is very astute.


 * bô̤ khìo bô̤ míoⁿ;
 * has no insight.


 * Vast; vague; boundless.
 * míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng, bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤-sṳ̆;
 * a boundless expanse with no land in view.
 * a boundless expanse with no land in view.


 * Obscure, somber; mysterious.
 * míoⁿ-mâng kâi sṳ̄;
 * a mystery.
 * a mystery.


 * míoⁿ-míoⁿ mâng-mâng;
 * unintelligible; dark and vague; nothing to be guided by.


 * To look down on; to treat haughtily.
 * míoⁿ-sĭ nâng;
 * look upon people with disdain.
 * look upon people with disdain.


 * i khah míoⁿ-sĭ i;
 * he treated him too contemptuously.


 * míoⁿ-sĭ nâng thài sĭm;
 * excessively supercilious toward people.


 * Descendants; progeny.
 * cí kâi sĭ i kâi mîoⁿ-ī;
 * these are his descendants.
 * these are his descendants.


 * sái kàu i bŏi tn̆g-có̤h kṳn-mîoⁿ;
 * so that he may not be without posterity.


 * mîoⁿ-kíaⁿ;
 * the aborigines in Kwei-chau.


 * sek-mîoⁿ;
 * half civilized aborigines.


 * cheⁿ mîoⁿ;
 * savage aborigines.

of the province, and reputed to have tails.
 * A wild dog, or jackal; applied by the Cantonese to a tribe of aborigines living in the north-west
 * A wild dog, or jackal; applied by the Cantonese to a tribe of aborigines living in the north-west
 * mîoⁿ-jîn; mîoⁿ-cṳ́; mîoⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * the aborigines of Canton province.


 * Wonderful; mysterious; subtle.
 * àu-mĭoⁿ;
 * hard to fathom; occult.
 * hard to fathom; occult.


 * mĭoⁿ ă!
 * It is wonderful!



mit

 * To destroy, as by fire; to obliterate; to exterminate; to cut off.
 * mît-tīo i kâi kok;
 * destroy their kingdom.
 * destroy their kingdom.


 * chau-mît cí cho̤h húiⁿ lūi;
 * exterminate these outlaws.


 * mît-côk i kâi céng lūi;
 * cut off his posterity.


 * mît kàu bô̤ ciah;
 * destroy so as to leave no trace.


 * cṳ̆ chú mît-bûang;
 * brought ruin on himself.


 * To put an end to.
 * tîm-mît;
 * utterly destroy.
 * utterly destroy.


 * tîm-mît nâng kâi sìn;
 * destroy people's confidence.


 * tîm-mît nâng kâi ngṳ̂n;
 * make way with people’s money.


 * tîm-mît khṳ̀ jîeh kú, kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ chut lâi;
 * was lost for a very long time, and has now come to light again.


 * Meditation; to commit to memory.
 * mît-sī;
 * a spiritual revelation.
 * a spiritual revelation.


 * mît sía jŭ;
 * edicts written from memory.


 * mît cṳ;
 * books commited to memory.


 * mît lâi bŏi tāⁿ;
 * recited from memory without mistake.


 * tng sî lṳ́ īu mît-mît, bô̤ ngân;
 * at times when you are lost in thought.


 * mît līam;
 * recite from memory.


 * Secret; privately.
 * ki mît;
 * the occult cause.
 * the occult cause.


 * mît-mît khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * went and did it privately.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ mît cū kōi sîap-lāu;
 * what is done other than secretly easily leaks out.

mng

 * A sign of the past tense.
 * jît mng àm lío, cò̤-nî būe cṳ́ pn̄g?
 * The sun is already down, why is it that supper is not yet cooked?
 * The sun is already down, why is it that supper is not yet cooked?


 * úa mng sĭ m̄ cai, úa ā-sĭ cai cū bô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * I knew nothing about it, if I had known, it would not have been so.


 * i mng tó̤ cŏ̤, lṳ́ sĭ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ héⁿ?
 * He was sitting there, did you not see him?


 * lṳ́ hìeⁿ ùaⁿ lâi : i mng íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ lío;
 * how late you are in coming : he has already gone.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ i mùaⁿ-cá àiⁿ lâi, i taⁿ mng lâi lío;
 * you said he was coming to-morrow, and he has already arrived.


 * i mng khṳ̀ nín kò̤ lío, lṳ́ cò̤-nî tin-tò̤ lâi cí kò̤?
 * He has already gone to your house, how is it that you on the contrary have come here?


 * Evening; late in life; the gloaming; late; behindhand.
 * kàu-mńg nî cìaⁿ tit cṳ́;
 * late in life had a son.
 * late in life had a son.


 * ka-kī cheng-cò̤ mńg-seng;
 * calls himself “Your servant.”


 * kin nî kâi mńg tang;
 * the last crop of this year.


 * màiⁿ táng kàu sĭeⁿ siu-hùe le, cū khah mńg;
 * do not wait till you are sorry