咪個

咪個

1. (Cantonese, dated, imperative) don't
   • 1865, Newman Hall, translated by Mary French, 《親就耶穌》 [Come to Jesus!], page 8a:

     你要儆醒。咪個唔信耶穌。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你要儆醒。咪个唔信耶稣。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ jiu³ ging² sing². mai⁵ go³ m⁴ seon³ je⁴ sou¹. [Jyutping]

     [B]eware of rejecting Jesus [literally, Beware! Don't not believe in Jesus!]

   • 1921, 夢餘生, “多情柳”, in 《新粵謳解心》, volume 1; republished and annotated in 歐陽覺亞, 麥梅翹, editors, 《粵謳釋讀》 [Cantonese Love Songs with Annotations], Hong Kong: 商務印書館, 2021, →ISBN, page 111:

     咪個隨風咁擺，好似水面浮萍。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     咪个随风咁摆，好似水面浮萍。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mai⁵ go³ ceoi⁴ fung¹ gam² baai², hou² ci⁵ seoi² min^6-2 fau⁴ ping⁴. [Jyutping]

     Don't sway with the wind, like duckweed on the water.

   • 1952, 《爲情顛倒》, spoken by 任明暉 (任劍輝 [Yam Kim-fai]):

     你咪亇話無縁！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你咪个话无缘！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ mai⁵ go³ waa⁶ mou⁴ jyun⁴! [Jyutping]

     Don't you say we're not meant to meet!