糜

糜	U+7CDC, 糜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CDC

← 糛
[U+7CDB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

糝 →
[U+7CDD]

Translingual

Han character

糜 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 戈金火木 (ICFD) or 戈木火木 (IDFD), four-corner 0029₄, composition ⿸麻米)

Derived characters

醾, 𢑀, 𥽰, 𧃲, 𮂦

References

KangXi: page 912, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27097
Dae Jaweon: page 1339, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3159, character 5
Unihan data for U+7CDC

Chinese

trad.		糜
simp. ^#		糜
alternative forms		𪎖𪎗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (米) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
謎	miː, miːs
迷	*miː
米	*miːʔ
眯	*miːʔ
洣	*miːʔ
蔝	*miːʔ
麊	*me
冞	*me
糜	*mral
敉	*meʔ
侎	*meʔ
麋	*mril
蘪	*mril
攗	*mril

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mral) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 米 (“rice”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴, mai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì
Min Dong (BUC): mì
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bî
(Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): mi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴, mai⁴
  - Yale: mèih, màih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴, mai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴, mei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/, /mɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
  - Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
  - Tâi-lô: bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/

Note: literary reading.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: mi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²³/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇ/

Rime
Character	糜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	靡爲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆/
Li Rong	/mje/
Wang Li	/mǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.m(r)aj/
(Zhengzhang): /*mral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	糜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mí
Middle Chinese	‹ mje ›
Old Chinese	/*C.m(r)aj/
English	rice gruel; destroy, crush
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	糜
Reading #	1/1
No.	9010
Phonetic component	米
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	糜
Old Chinese	/*mral/

Definitions

糜

mushy; rotten
糜爛／糜烂 ― mílàn ― rotten
to waste; to spend extravagantly
糜費／糜费 ― mífèi ― to waste
to damage
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 爛 (“rotten; decayed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爛
Mandarin	Taiwan	爛
Mandarin	Singapore	爛
Min Nan	Tainan	爛
	Penang (Hokkien)	爛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爛
	Jieyang	糜
	Singapore (Teochew)	糜

Compounds

Derived terms from 糜

侈糜
口糜
糜糜之音 (mímízhīyīn)
灰軀糜骨／灰躯糜骨

碎首糜軀／碎首糜躯
糜擲／糜掷
糜爛／糜烂 (mílàn)

糜費／糜费
糜軀碎首／糜躯碎首
虛糜／虚糜

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴, mai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi
Min Dong (BUC): muòi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bê / bêr / moâi / mâi / môe / bôe / mê / môi
(Teochew, Peng'im): muê⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): mi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴, mai⁴
  - Yale: mèih, màih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴, mai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴, mei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/, /mɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: moi²
  - Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê
  - Tâi-lô: bê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bee
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore, Philippines): /be²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêr
  - Tâi-lô: bêr
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Tong'an, Lukang, Kinmen, Singapore): /bə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi
  - Tâi-lô: muâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moaai
  - IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muãi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muãi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi
  - Tâi-lô: mâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangpu, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe
  - Tâi-lô: muê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moee
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /muɛ̃²¹³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /muẽ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
  - Tâi-lô: buê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boee
  - IPA (Taipei): /bue²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mê
  - Tâi-lô: mê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mẽ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môi
  - Tâi-lô: môi
  - IPA (Penang): /mɔi²³/

Note: all are vernacular readings.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: muê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mue⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: mi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²³/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇ/

Rime
Character	糜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	靡爲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆/
Li Rong	/mje/
Wang Li	/mǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.m(r)aj/
(Zhengzhang): /*mral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	糜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mí
Middle Chinese	‹ mje ›
Old Chinese	/*C.m(r)aj/
English	rice gruel; destroy, crush
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	糜
Reading #	1/1
No.	9010
Phonetic component	米
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	糜
Old Chinese	/*mral/

Definitions

糜

(literary or Hakka, Min Nan, dialectal Min Dong, Shehua) congee
(Fuzhou Min Dong) thick congee (with less water than 粥)
(Hainanese) cooked rice (general term, including congee)
(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) meal
congee-like substance; viscous substance; paste
肉糜 ― ròumí ― meat paste
食糜 ― shímí ― chyme
塗糜／涂糜 [Hokkien] ― thô͘-môe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― mud

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 粥 (“congee”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鬻, 糜, 饘粥, 糊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粥, 稀飯
Mandarin	Beijing	粥
	Taiwan	粥, 稀飯
	Ulanhot	粥
	Tongliao	粥
	Chifeng	粥
	Bayanhot	米湯
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	粥
	Harbin	粥
	Shenyang	粥
	Yantai (Muping)	粥
	Qingdao	稀飯
	Jinan	稀飯, 粥
	Luoyang	大米湯
	Zhengzhou	米湯
	Xi'an	米湯
	Yinchuan	稀飯
	Xining	米湯
	Wuhan	稀飯, 粥
	Huanggang	粥
	Chengdu	稀飯
	Guiyang	稀飯
	Kunming	稀飯
	Guilin	稀飯
	Liuzhou	粥, 稀飯
	Xuzhou	粥
	Yangzhou	粥, 稀飯
	Nanjing	粥, 稀飯
	Hefei	粥, 稀飯
	Singapore	粥, 稀飯
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	米湯
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	米湯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粥
	Hong Kong	粥
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	粥
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	粥
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	粥
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	粥
	Macau	粥
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粥
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	米渣
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	粥
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	粥
	Foshan	粥
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粥
	Foshan (Shunde)	粥
	Foshan (Sanshui)	粥
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	粥
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粥
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	粥
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	粥
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	粥
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粥
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	粥
	Taishan	粥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	粥
	Enping (Niujiang)	粥
	Heshan (Yayao)	粥
	Dongguan	粥
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	粥
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	粥
	Qingyuan	粥
	Fogang	粥
	Yingde (Hanguang)	粥
	Yangshan	粥
	Lianshan (Butian)	粥
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	粥
	Shaoguan	粥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	粥
	Renhua	粥
	Lechang	粥
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	粥
	Sihui	粥
	Guangning	粥
	Deqing	粥
	Huaiji	粥
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	粥
	Yunfu	粥
	Xinxing	粥
	Luoding	粥
	Yunan (Pingtai)	粥
	Yangjiang	粥
	Xinyi	粥
	Lianjiang	粥
	Nanning	粥
	Wuzhou	粥
	Yulin	粥
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	粥
	Hepu (Shatian)	粥
	Guiping	粥
	Mengshan (Xihe)	粥
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	粥
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	粥
	Baise	粥
	Bobai	粥
	Lingshan	粥
Pubei	粥
Qinzhou	粥
Beihai	粥
Beihai (Nankang)	粥
Beihai (Yingpan)	粥
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	粥
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	粥
Ningming	粥
Hengxian	粥
Hezhou (Pumen)	粥
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	粥
Danzhou	粥
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	粥
Penang (Guangfu)	粥
Singapore (Guangfu)	粥
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	粥
Móng Cái	粥
Gan	Nanchang	粥, 稀飯
	Lichuan	粥
	Pingxiang	粥
Hakka	Meixian	粥
	Dabu (Xihe)	粥
	Dabu (Gaobei)	糜
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	糜
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	糜
	Fengshun (Pantian)	糜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	粥
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	粥
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	粥
	Huiyang	粥
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	粥
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	粥
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	粥
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	粥
	Boluo (Bendihua)	粥
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	粥
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	粥
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	粥
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	粥
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	粥
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	粥
	Wuhua (Changbu)	粥
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	粥
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	粥
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	粥
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	粥
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	粥
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	粥
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	粥
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	粥
	Wengyuan	粥
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	粥
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	粥
	Liannan	粥
	Conghua (Lütian)	粥
	Jiexi	糜
	Luhe	糜
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	糜
	Changting	粥
	Wuping	粥
	Wuping (Yanqian)	粥
	Ninghua	粥
	Yudu	粥, 稀飯
	Ningdu	粥
	Shicheng	粥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	粥
	Tonggu (Sandu)	粥
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	粥
	Dayu	點心
	Taoyuan	糜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	粥, 糜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	粥, 糜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糜
	Hong Kong	粥
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	粥
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	粥
	Xinyi (Sihe)	粥
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	粥
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	粥
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	粥
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	粥
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	粥
Lianjiang (Qingping)	粥
Mengshan (Xihe)	粥
Luchuan	粥
Luchuan (Daqiao)	粥
Sabah (Longchuan)	粥
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	粥
Senai (Huiyang)	粥
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	糜
Singkawang	糜
Huizhou	Jixi	粥
	Tunxi	粥
	Yixian	飯茶
	Qimen	粥
	Shitai (Xianyu)	粥
Jin	Taiyuan	稀粥, 大米粥, 稀飯
	Pingyao	米湯
	Xinzhou	稀粥, 甜稀粥, 粥
	Taibus (Baochang)	粥
	Linhe	粥
	Jining	稀粥
	Hohhot	稀粥
	Baotou	稀粥
	Dongsheng	粥
	Haibowan	稀飯
Min Bei	Jian'ou	粥
Min Dong	Fuzhou	粥, 飯粥
	Changle	粥
	Fuqing	糜
	Yongtai	糜
	Gutian	糜粥
	Fu'an	糜粥
	Ningde	糜粥
	Shouning	糜粥
	Zhouning	糜粥
	Fuding	糜粥
	Matsu	飯粥
	Singapore (Fuqing)	糜
Min Nan	Xiamen	糜, 飲糜
	Quanzhou	糜, 飲糜
	Jinjiang	飲糜
	Hui'an	飲糜
	Yongchun	飲糜, 糜
	Dehua	糜
	Zhangzhou	糜, 飲糜
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	飲糜
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	飲糜
	Zhao'an	糜
	Dongshan	糜
	Taipei	糜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	糜
	Kaohsiung	糜
	Yilan	糜, 飲糜仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	糜
	Taichung	糜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	糜
	Tainan	糜, 飲糜仔
	Taitung	糜
	Hsinchu	糜
	Kinmen	糜, 粥糜
	Penghu (Magong)	糜
	Penang (Hokkien)	粥, 糜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	糜, 飲糜, 粥
	Manila (Hokkien)	糜, 飲糜
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	糜仔, 飲糜仔
	Datian	糜仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	糜
	Chaozhou	糜
	Shantou	糜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	糜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	糜
	Jieyang	糜, 飲糜
	Haifeng	糜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	糜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	糜
	Singapore (Teochew)	糜
	Leizhou	浮糜, 糜
	Wenchang	粥, 糜粥
	Haikou	粥
	Singapore (Hainanese)	粥 broken grain, 糜 whole grain
Puxian Min	Putian	飲糜
Puxian Min	Xianyou	飲糜
Min Zhong	Yong'an	糜
	Sanyuan	糜
	Shaxian	粥
	Yanping (Wangtai)	粥
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	粥
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	粥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	粥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	粥
Shehua	Fu'an	糜仔
	Fuding	糜
	Luoyuan	糜粥
	Sanming	糜
	Shunchang	糜
	Guixi (Zhangping)	糜
	Cangnan	糜
	Jingning	糜
	Lishui	糜
	Longyou	糜
	Chaozhou	糜
	Fengshun	糜
Wu	Shanghai	粥, 稀飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	粥, 米粥
	Suzhou	粥
	Wuxi	粥
	Danyang	粥, 稀飯
	Hangzhou	粥, 稀飯
	Ningbo	粥, 米粥
	Wenzhou	粥
	Jinhua	粥
Xiang	Changsha	稀飯, 粥
	Loudi	羹
	Shuangfeng	稀飯, 粥
	Quanzhou	稀飯

Dialectal synonyms of 米飯 (“cooked rice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		飯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		米飯, 飯
Mandarin	Beijing	米飯, 飯
	Taiwan	飯, 米飯
	Ulanhot	米飯
	Tongliao	米飯
	Chifeng	米飯, 乾飯
	Bayanhot	乾飯
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	米飯
	Harbin	米飯, 乾飯, 飯
	Yantai (Muping)	乾飯, 米飯, 大米乾飯
	Qingdao	乾飯
	Jinan	乾飯, 大米乾飯, 米飯
	Luoyang	大米飯, 大米乾飯, 米飯
	Wanrong	大米飯, 米飯
	Zhengzhou	米飯
	Xi'an	米飯
	Yinchuan	乾飯, 稻米乾飯
	Lanzhou	大米飯, 米飯
	Xining	大米飯
	Ürümqi	乾飯, 米飯
	Wuhan	乾飯, 飯
	Huanggang	飯
	Chengdu	乾飯, 飯, 𩛲𩛲 childish
	Guiyang	飯
	Guilin	米飯
	Liuzhou	飯, 米飯
	Xuzhou	米飯, 大米乾飯, 乾飯
	Yangzhou	飯
	Nanjing	飯, 米飯, 乾飯
	Hefei	乾飯, 飯
	Nantong	米飯
	Malaysia	飯
	Singapore	飯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飯
	Hong Kong	飯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	飯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	飯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	飯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	飯
	Macau	飯, 阿囡薯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飯
	Foshan	飯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飯
	Foshan (Shunde)	飯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	飯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飯
	Taishan	飯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飯
	Enping (Niujiang)	飯
	Heshan (Yayao)	飯
	Dongguan	飯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	飯
	Shaoguan	飯
	Yunfu	飯
	Yangjiang	飯
	Xinyi	飯
	Lianjiang	飯
	Nanning	飯
	Wuzhou	飯
	Yulin	飯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飯
	Beihai	飯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	飯
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飯
	Danzhou	飯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飯
	Penang (Guangfu)	飯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飯
	Móng Cái	飯
Gan	Nanchang	飯
	Lichuan	飯
	Pingxiang	飯
Hakka	Meixian	飯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	飯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	飯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	飯
	Conghua (Lütian)	飯
	Yudu	飯
	Shicheng	飯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	飯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯
	Hong Kong	飯
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	大米飯
	Senai (Huiyang)	飯
	Kuching (Hepo)	飯
	Singkawang	飯
Huizhou	Jixi	飯
	Shexian	飯
	Tunxi	飯
	Xiuning	飯
	Yixian	飯
	Qimen	飯
	Wuyuan	飯
Jin	Taiyuan	大米飯, 米飯
	Pingyao	大米飯, 米飯
	Xinzhou	米飯
	Taibus (Baochang)	米飯
	Linhe	米飯
	Jining	白米飯
	Hohhot	米飯
	Baotou	白米飯
	Dongsheng	米飯
	Haibowan	燜飯
Min Bei	Jian'ou	飯
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	飯
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	白飯
	Pucheng (Shibei)	早米飯
Min Dong	Fuzhou	飯
Min Dong	Fuqing	飯
Min Nan	Xiamen	飯
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	飯
	Quanzhou	飯
	Zhangzhou	飯
	Taipei	飯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飯
	Kaohsiung	飯
	Yilan	飯
	Changhua (Lukang)	飯, 糜
	Taichung	飯
	Tainan	飯
	Hsinchu	飯
	Kinmen	飯
	Penghu (Magong)	飯
	Penang (Hokkien)	飯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯
	Manila (Hokkien)	飯
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	飯
	Datian	飯
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	飯
	Chaozhou	飯
	Shantou	飯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	飯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	飯
	Singapore (Teochew)	飯
	Leizhou	飯
	Wenchang	飯, 糜
	Haikou	飯, 糜
	Qionghai	飯, 糜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	飯
Puxian Min	Putian	暝
	Putian (Donghai)	暝
	Putian (Jiangkou)	飯
	Putian (Nanri)	米暝
	Xianyou	暝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	暝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	暝
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	飯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飯, 米飯, 大米飯
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	米飯
Shehua	Fuding	焦飯
	Luoyuan	飯
	Sanming	飯
	Shunchang	飯
	Guixi (Zhangping)	飯
	Cangnan	飯
	Jingning	飯
	Lishui	飯
	Longyou	飯
	Chaozhou	焦飯
	Fengshun	飯
Wu	Shanghai	飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	米飯, 飯
	Suzhou	飯
	Wuxi	飯
	Danyang	飯
	Hangzhou	飯
	Ningbo	飯
	Wenzhou	飯, 白米飯, 米飯, 燥飯
	Jinhua	飯
Xiang	Changsha	飯
	Loudi	飯
	Shuangfeng	飯
	Quanzhou	飯

Compounds

Derived terms from 糜

乳糜 (rǔmí)
淖糜
糠糜

肉糜 (ròumí)
菽糜

食糜 (shímí)
塗糜／涂糜

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méi (mei²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méi
  - Wade–Giles: mei²
  - Yale: méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/

Definitions

糜

proso millet (especially non-sticky varieties)
Synonym: 黍 (shǔ)
type of millet that is not sticky See also: 穄子

Compounds

Derived terms from 糜

糜子

糜米

Japanese

Kanji

糜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): び (bi)

Kun: かゆ (kayu), ただれる (tadareru)

Korean

Hanja

糜 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

糜: Hán Nôm readings: mi

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