Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mih

by Adele Marion Fielde

mih

• 麼mih6022008
• An interrogative particle; a sort; what; whatever.

lṳ́ tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?

What are you doing?

i sĭ sĭm-mih nâng?

Who is he?

hṳ́ kâi sĭ sĭm-mih mûeh?

What is that?

lṳ́ kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?

What is your name.

bô̤ mih hó̤;

not particularly good.

ŭ mih sṳ̄ mē?

Is anything the matter?

i bó̤ mih cîⁿ;

he has not much cash.

mih mûeh i to àiⁿ;

whatever it be he wants it.

cía sĭ mih ūe?

What sort of talk is this?

bô̤ sĭm-mih ngía;

not very handsome.

i sin cīeⁿ bô̤ mih sóng-khùai;

he is not very well.

mih kĭaⁿ ŏi;

can do any sort of thing.