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My

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My means eyelashes.

Also spelled mi — same word, same meaning.

Chinese characters: 眉

Meanings of My in English

Noun

  1. eyelashes ≈ lông mi

Pronoun

  1. literary thou/thee (used against an adversary)
  2. Central Vietnam, derogatory, dialectal you (second person singular pronoun, referring to a peer or person held in low esteem)

Noun

  1. mi (third note of diatonic scale)
    • đô, rê, mido, re, mi

Verb

  1. slang to kiss ≈ hônhunthơm

Proper noun

  1. a female given name from Chinese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 眉 (“eyebrows”). Doublet of mày. Probably unrelated to mí (“eyelid”).

Frequently asked questions

What does My mean in English?

My (noun) means "eyelashes".

How do you pronounce My?

Tones: my — level tone (ngang).

Is My a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. My is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 眉.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited. IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.