慢满 A Tale of Two (or three...) Mans
Frequently in Chinese the same phoneme has a related meaning.
吃慢点 eat slowly Chī màn diǎn
慢慢吃 eat slowly màn man chī
满意 sufficient mǎnyì
我吃报了我满意.
Here the phoneme is man4/man3
man4 means slow(ly)
man3 means sufficient(ly)
Part of disambiguating all the sound-alikes is to notice the common meanings to various phonemes, and then to think of any tone shift as a reflection of the change in basic meaning.
Here, man! is means something like "slow down!"
whereas man3 is more like "enough"
Slow down, is that sufficient?
慢点,满意吗?
满 water氵 and herbals艹 SUFFICES满 for a couple两
慢 hand eye/net sun heart = slow
I felt 忄 i must slow down 慢 when my hand 又 was trapped in a net 罒 underneath the sun 日 is a false etymology. Instead it's the emotional state related / which is
graceful; prolonged, handsome / large / long , extended, vast; beautiful.
hand 又 over the eye 目looking at the sky 冃
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