咪書

Chinese

		Cantonese: to study hard	book; letter
trad. (咪書)		咪	書
simp. (咪书)		咪	书

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹ syu¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai¹ syu¹
  - Yale: māi syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei¹ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/

Verb

咪⫽書 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to study hard; to hit the books
- 1978, “學生哥／学生哥”, in 許冠傑, 黎彼得 (lyrics), Bobb Goldsteinn (music), 賣身契 (màishēnqì), performed by 許冠傑:
  
  學生哥，咪書咯，咪日夜掛住拍拖 [Cantonese, trad.]
  学生哥，咪书咯，咪日夜挂住拍拖 [Cantonese, simp.]
  hok⁶ saang¹ go¹, mai¹ syu¹ lo³, mai⁵ jat⁶ je⁶ gwaa³ zyu⁶ paak³ to¹ [Jyutping]
  Study, boy; don't waste the day dreaming about dating

See also

啃書／啃书
刨書／刨书

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