まい

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Chinese

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to dance; to wield; to brandish
tread on; trample; stamp
tread on; trample; stamp; fulfil
 
trad. (まい) まい
simp. #(まい) まい
2nd round simp. うま𰸁
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character まい
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (こえ) あきら (4) じょう (7)
Final (いん) おそれ (24) ごう (89)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Closed Open
Division (ひとし) III I
Fanqie ぶんはじめきり いたきり
Baxter mjuX dawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨoX/ /dɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mioX/ /dɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mioX/ /dɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆X/ /dawH/
Li
Rong
/mioX/ /dɑuH/
Wang
Li
/mĭuX/ /dɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯uX/ /dʱɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou5 dou6

Noun

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まい

  1. (countable, uncountable) dance (performance art); dancing
    まいさいまい  ―  wǔdǎo bǐsài  ―  dance competition
  2. (historical) a type of ceremony performed by court officials when making an audience with the emperor
  3. (archaic) expression of joy

Synonyms

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  • (dance): (literary, or in compounds) まい ()

Verb

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まい

  1. to dance (move rhythmically)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (まい):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
まい

Grade: S
とう
Hyōgai
kan'on
For pronunciation and definitions of まい – see the following entry.
舞踏ぶとうぶとう
[noun] butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance.
[verb] to dance butoh
(This term, まい, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term
まい

Noun

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まい (mudo) (hangeul 무도)

  1. hanja form? of 무도