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咩

miē
onomatopoeia #15,533

Meanings

  1. 1 baa (the bleating of sheep)
  2. 2 (Cantonese) sentence-final particle turning statements into questions expressing doubt or surprise

Examples

小羊在草地上咩咩地叫。
Xiǎo yáng zài cǎodì shàng miēmiē de jiào.
The little lamb was bleating 'baa baa' on the grass.
那只羊一直在咩咩叫。
Nà zhī yáng yīzhí zài miēmiē jiào.
That sheep keeps bleating.

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usage
As an onomatopoeia, usually reduplicated as 咩咩 (miēmiē). In Cantonese, 咩 is a very common question particle equivalent to Mandarin 什么 (shénme) or 吗 (ma), but this usage is not standard Mandarin.

Stroke Order

咩 miē