媚

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媚 U+5A9A, 媚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9A
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 媛 →

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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 / 形声, OC *mrils) : semantic 女 + phonetic 眉 (OC *mril).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 媚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 明祕切
Baxter mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mjiH/
Li
Rong 		/mjiH/
Wang
Li 		/miH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/miH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 媚
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mrəjʔ-s/
English love; flatter

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 媚
Reading # 1/1
No. 8946
Phonetic
component 		眉
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		郿
Old
Chinese 		/*mrils/
This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Hakka”

Definitions

媚

  1. charming; attractive
  2. to flatter; to fawn on; to curry favor
  3. (literary) to love

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拍馬屁 (“to brownnose; to suck up to”)
Variety Location Words
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, 阿諂, 巴劫, 獻殷勤, 捧臭腳, 取悅
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜, 捧臭腳, 捧參兒, 呵, 巴結, 奉承
Taiwan 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 抱大腿
Langfang 奉承, 巴結
Chengde 巴結
Chifeng 巴結, 拍馬屁
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 拍馬屁, 溜鬚
Heihe 巴結, 溜鬚, 拍馬屁, 拍
Qiqihar 巴結, 拍馬屁
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
Jiamusi 巴結, 拍馬屁
Baicheng 巴結, 拍馬屁
Changchun 溜鬚, 打溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝
Tonghua 拍馬屁, 溜鬚
Shenyang 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 奉迎
Jinzhou 巴結, 拍, 逢迎, 溜鬚
Singapore 拍馬屁
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 拍, 溜乎, 溜溝子, 溜溝子舔眼子, 巴結
Tangshan 捧, 巴結
Cangzhou 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
Baoding 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
Shijiazhuang 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
Lijin 奉承, 舔腚
Jinan 舔腚, 溜鬚, 巴結, 巴結奉迎, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 舔腚, 舔, 溜光, 溜恭
Dandong 巴結, 打溜鬚, 舔巴腚溝子
Yantai 巴結, 奔弄
Yantai (Muping) 溜溝子, 舔摸, 舔腚溜溝子, 巴結
Qingdao 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔麼腚, 舔麼
Zhucheng 巴結, 貼乎
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜屁股溝, 溜鬚拍馬, 巴結, 奉承
Lingbao 巴結, 拍
Jining 巴結
Daming 奉承, 巴結
Wanrong 舔溝子, 巴結
Linfen 舔屁眼兒, 溜溝子
Shangqiu 巴結, 拍, 溜, 奉迎, 舔腚
Yuanyang 拍馬
Zhengzhou 巴結, 拍, 溜, 溜腚溝兒
Xinyang 巴結, 拍
Baihe 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子
Xi'an 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子, 溜溝子, 騷輕, 腮補西 Hui
Baoji 巴結, 溜溝子
Tianshui 巴結
Xining 舔溝油, 抱大腿, 抱粗腿, 巴結, 抬舉
Xuzhou 吸喋子, 吸, 偷吸, 舔腚眼子, 舔腚, 舔, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 奉承
Fuyang 巴結, 逢迎, 舔肥, 和, 拍馬屁, 拍
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 巴結
Lanzhou 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 溜溝順情, 抱大腿, 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁
Dunhuang 巴結
Hami 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁
Ürümqi 溜溝子, 溜, 巴結, 奉承, 騷情
Southwestern Mandarin 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, 奉承
Nanchong 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍
Dazhou 巴結, 舔肥
Hanyuan 奉承
Xichang 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁, 拍
Zigong 奉承, 拍馬屁
Chongqing 巴結, 舔肥, 長舌頭兒
Wuhan 拍, 拍馬屁, 拍麻皮, 呵熱屁, 呵卵捧㞗, 呵, 拎草鞋, 提草鞋, 巴結, 巴, 奉承
Yichang 巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉承
Xiangyang 巴結, 拍馬屁
Tianmen 巴結, 拍馬屁
Guiyang 拍馬屁, 舔肥屁股, 舔肥, 巴結, 奉承
Zunyi 巴結, 拍, 捧
Bijie 舔肥, 捧泡
Liping 巴結, 獻殷勤
Zhaotong 巴結, 捧泡
Dali 抬泡, 巴結
Kunming 捧脬, 舔屁股, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 搊捧
Mengzi 拍, 捧泡
Guilin 巴結, 奉承
Liuzhou 拍馬屁, 捧大腳, 捧卵脬, 巴結, 奉承
Jishou 巴交, 拍馬屁, 奉承
Changde 巴結, 奉承, 背合皮
Hanzhong 巴結, 拍馬屁
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 拍馬屁, 呵, 呵二屁, 抬轎子, 抱粗腿, 巴結
Yangzhou 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 呵, 呵捧, 呵大卵子, 舔屁眼, 巴結
Lianyungang 巴結, 拍馬, 舔油, 上油
Lianshui 巴結
Nantong 拍馬屁, 拍, 托卵脬, 托馬屁, 巴結
Anqing 巴結, 拍馬屁
Wuhu 巴結, 呵卵脬, 拍
Hefei 拍馬屁, 呵, 巴結
Hong'an 巴結, 拍馬屁, 捧熱卵子
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, Xiangzhou) 托大腳
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
Xingning 背大腳
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 托大腳
Dongguan (Qingxi) 托大腳
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 托大腳
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 托大腳
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 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
Shexian 巴結, 呼卵脬
Jin Taiyuan 舔屁眼, 溜溝子, 溜舔, 溜溝子舔屁眼, 拍馬屁, 抱粗腿, 巴舔
Taiyuan (Jinyuan) 溜溝子舔屁眼
Yangyuan 巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉迎, 迎合
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, 巴結
Lüliang (Lishi) 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 舔屁眼
Changzhi 巴結
Linhe 拍馬屁, 溜溝子
Jining 溜溝子
Hohhot 溜溝子
Erenhot 溜溝子
Pingshan 拿進, 溜舔, 舔屁股
Zhangjiakou 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
Handan 奉承, 巴結, 舔屁眼
Linzhou 巴結, 拍
Suide 巴結
Northern Min Jian'ou 捧㞠脬, 攬褲跤, 頌花鞋, 巴結
Eastern Min Fuzhou 托𡳞脬, 捧, 拍馬屁, 巴結
Southern Min Xiamen 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶零星, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 㾪扶
Quanzhou 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 㾪扶
Zhangzhou 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶𢱤, 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
Leizhou 托跤腿
Singapore (Hainanese) 扶, 扶大腿
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 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

References

Japanese

Kanji

媚

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. flatter
  2. humor
  3. 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

Korean

Hanja

媚 (eum 미 (mi))

  1. charming
  2. attractive
  3. flatter

Vietnamese

Han character

媚: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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