mui4玫
Jyutpingmui4
Yalemùih
Definition
Used in the word for rose (玫瑰).
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How it's used
The character 玫 is almost exclusively used as a bound morpheme within the disyllabic word 玫瑰. It does not function as a standalone noun for a rose in modern spoken Cantonese, so you should always use the full term 玫瑰 or 玫瑰花 to refer to the flower.
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do2朵dóExamples
Do you like roses or lilies?
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