媚
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Translingual
Han character
媚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日竹山 (VAHU), four-corner 47467, composition ⿰女眉)
Derived characters
- 䉋
References
- KangXi: page 267, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6513
- Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1069, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5A9A
Chinese
| trad. | 媚 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 媚 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𰋻 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (眉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 眉 | *mril |
| 楣 | *mril |
| 嵋 | *bril |
| 湄 | *mril |
| 鶥 | *mril |
| 瑂 | *mril |
| 郿 | *mril, *mrils |
| 葿 | *mril |
| 媚 | *mrils |
| 篃 | *mrils |
| 蝞 | *mrills |
| 煝 | *mrils |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrils) : semantic 女 + phonetic 眉 (OC *mril).
Pronunciation
Definitions
媚
- charming; attractive
- to flatter; to fawn on; to curry favor
- (literary) to love
- 入門各自媚，誰肯相為言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Han Dynasty, 飲馬長城窟行
- Rùmén gèzì mèi, shéi kěn xiāng wèi yán. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
入门各自媚，谁肯相为言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 拍馬屁 (“to brownnose; to suck up to”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 媚, 諂 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拍馬, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好, 諂媚, 恭維, 巴結, 趨奉, 趨附, 諂諛, 阿諛, 逢迎, 抱大腿 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜, 捧臭腳, 捧參兒, 呵 |
| Taiwan | 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 抱大腿 | |
| Tianjin | 拍, 溜乎, 溜溝子, 溜溝子舔眼子 | |
| Langfang | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Tangshan | 捧, 巴結 | |
| Cangzhou | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Baoding | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Daming | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Harbin | 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 溜腚溝兒, 溜鬚, 溜鬚拍馬, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜鬚舔腚, 溜, 舔腚, 捧臭腳, 捧勝, 巴結, 巴嘰 | |
| Changchun | 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝 | |
| Tonghua | 溜鬚 | |
| Dalian | 溜光, 溜恭 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 溜溝子, 舔摸, 舔腚溜溝子, 巴結 | |
| Qingdao | 拍馬屁, 舔麼 | |
| Jinan | 舔腚, 溜鬚, 巴結, 巴結奉迎, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好 | |
| Luoyang | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜屁股溝, 溜鬚拍馬, 巴結, 奉承 | |
| Wanrong | 舔溝子, 巴結 | |
| Shangqiu | 溜 | |
| Zhengzhou | 溜, 溜腚溝兒 | |
| Xi'an | 溜溝子, 騷輕, 巴結, 腮補西 Hui | |
| Baoji | 溜溝子 | |
| Yinchuan | 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 巴結 | |
| Lanzhou | 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 溜溝順情, 抱大腿, 巴結 | |
| Xining | 舔溝油, 抱大腿, 抱粗腿, 巴結 | |
| Ürümqi | 溜溝子, 溜, 巴結 | |
| Wuhan | 拍, 拍麻皮, 呵熱屁, 呵卵捧㞗, 呵, 拎草鞋, 提草鞋, 巴結, 巴, 奉承 | |
| Chengdu | 舔肥, 舔溝子, 舔肥溝子, 舔屁股, 𫾈肥, 𫾈, 抱大腳桿, 浮上水, 巴結, 巴, 溜溝子 | |
| Guiyang | 拍馬屁, 舔肥屁股, 舔肥, 巴結 | |
| Kunming | 捧脬, 舔屁股, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 搊捧 | |
| Guilin | 巴結 | |
| Liuzhou | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳, 捧卵脬, 巴結 | |
| Xuzhou | 吸喋子, 吸, 偷吸, 舔腚眼子, 舔腚, 巴結 | |
| Yangzhou | 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 呵, 呵捧, 呵大卵子, 舔屁眼, 巴結 | |
| Nanjing | 拍馬屁, 呵, 呵二屁, 抬轎子, 抱粗腿, 巴結 | |
| Hefei | 拍馬屁, 呵 | |
| Nantong | 拍馬屁, 托卵脬, 托馬屁, 巴結 | |
| Singapore | 拍馬屁 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 托大腳, 托, 擦鞋, 𦧺屎窟 |
| Hong Kong | 托大腳, 擦鞋, 拍馬屁, 𦧺屎眼, 𦧺屎窟 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 騎大腳 | |
| Macau | 擦鞋 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 托大腳 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 托大腳 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 托大腳 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 托大腳 | |
| Foshan | 托大腳 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 托大腳 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 托大腳 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 托大腳 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 托大腳 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 托大腳 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 托大腳 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 托大腳 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 托大腳 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 托大腳 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 托大腳 | |
| Taishan | 托大腳 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 托大腳, 捧臀 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 捧臀, 托大腳 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 托大腳 | |
| Dongguan | 托大蹄, 托大腳, 拍馬屁, 擦鞋 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 托大腳 | |
| Yangjiang | 托大腳 | |
| Nanning | 拍馬屁, 拍, 捧大腿, 捧脬 | |
| Wuzhou | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳 | |
| Yulin | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 捧, 托大腳 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 捧大腳 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 捧大腳 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 托大腳, 擦鞋, 罌吉 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 托大腳, 擦鞋 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 托大腳 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 托大腳 | |
| Móng Cái | 捧大腳 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 拍馬屁, 托卵袋子, 巴結 |
| Lichuan | 拍馬屁, 巴結 | |
| Pingxiang | 拍馬屁, 搊卵坨子, 巴結 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捧大腳, 托大腳, 巴結 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 托大腳 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 托大腳 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 托大腳 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 托大腳 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 巴結 | |
| Yudu | 托卵坨, 巴結 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 托核, 托核卵 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 扶核卵, 托核卵 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 托核, 托核卵 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 托核, 托核卵 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 托核, 托核卵 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 扶核卵 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 巴結 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 拍馬屁, 捧攏, 捧, 呵卵脬, 呼卵脬, 巴結 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 舔屁眼, 溜溝子, 溜舔, 溜溝子舔屁眼, 拍馬屁, 抱粗腿, 巴舔 |
| Datong | 溜舔 | |
| Xinzhou | 溜達, 溜, 走上水, 溜舔, 溜溝子, 爬溝子, 溜溝涮棒, 舔屁眼, 舔屁窟, 舔㞘子, 舔涮, 涮攪, 涮棒子, 涮壜子, 涮淘, 喝泔水, 扶上水, 扶下頦 | |
| Lishi | 溜溝子 | |
| Linfen | 溜溝子 | |
| Linhe | 溜溝子 | |
| Hohhot | 溜溝子 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Handan | 奉承, 巴結 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 捧㞠脬, 攬褲跤, 頌花鞋, 巴結 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 托𡳞脬, 捧, 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤, 㾪扶 |
| Quanzhou | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 㾪扶 | |
| Zhangzhou | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤, 三跤馬, 三跤撐 | |
| Taipei | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Kaohsiung | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺 | |
| Yilan | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶 | |
| Taichung | 扶𡳞脬, 扶尻川, 扶𡳞 | |
| Tainan | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶𡳞 | |
| Taitung | 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Hsinchu | 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Kinmen | 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 扶 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 巴結 | |
| Chaozhou | 扶𡳞脬, 扶 | |
| Raoping | 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Shantou | 扛轎跤, 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Jieyang | 扶𡳞脬, 扶 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 扶, 扶大腿 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 抱大跤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 捧卵脬, 捧脬, 扛大腳, 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 巴結, 奉承 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 拍馬屁 | |
| Suzhou | 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 巴結, 討好, 拍牢 | |
| Wuxi | 拍馬屁 | |
| Danyang | 拍馬屁, 巴結, 呵捧, 呵卵脬 | |
| Hangzhou | 拍馬屁, 巴結 | |
| Ningbo | 拍馬屁, 巴結 | |
| Wenzhou | 拍馬屁 | |
| Jinhua | 拍馬屁, 塔麻油, 捧大腿, 捧腿, 巴結, 討好 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 拍馬屁, 摸螺拐, 搊卵脬 |
| Loudi | 捧馬屁, 捧卵胞 | |
| Shuangfeng | 捧馬屁, 搊屁股 | |
| Quanzhou | 巴結 | |
Compounds
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References
- “媚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
媚
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- flatter
- humor
- flirt
Readings
- Go-on: み (mi)
- Kan-on: び (bi)
- Kun: こぶ (kobu, 媚ぶ); こび (kobi); こびる (kobiru, 媚びる); こばむ (kobamu, 媚ばむ)
Compounds
- 媚薬 (biyaku): aphrodisiac
Korean
Hanja
媚 (eum 미 (mi))
- charming
- attractive
- flatter
Vietnamese
Han character
媚: Hán Nôm readings: mị
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