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miáo

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miáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miáo | miao2
English translation
depict
to trace (a drawing)
to copy
to touch up
to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace

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About miáo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

miáo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of miáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌苗

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Miáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Miáo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using miáo

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这个 zhè ge mèng 一般 yībān de 夙愿 sù yuàn shì 细腻 xì nì de 笔法 bǐ fǎ 描绘 miáohuì chū 来的.

This cherished fantasy is embellished with minute detail.

zài 描述 miáo shù 溶胶 shí 人们 rén men 经常 jīngcháng 离题 lí tí .

When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress.

永远 yǒngyuǎn yòng 爱恋 aì liàn de 渴想 lái 描画 miáo huà .

I paint you and fashion you ever with my love longings.

这种 zhè zhǒng 导数 dǎo shù 边界条件 de 规定 guīdìng 描述 miáo shù 3-5 jiē Zhōng .

The specification of such " derivative boundary conditions " is described in Section 3 - 5 .

dòu zhè běn 小说 xiǎoshuō de 时候 shíhou tiào Guò le zhè 几段毫无 háowú 趣味 qùwèi de 描写 miáoxiě .

When I read the novel I skipped these dry passages of description.

Words with miáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
描述 miáo shù to describe描述 miáo shù
扫描 sǎo miáo to scan掃描
描写 miáoxiě to describe描寫
描绘 miáohuì to describe描繪
素描 sù miáo sketch素描 sù miáo
miáo to depict miáo
扫描仪 sǎo miáo yí scanner (device)掃描儀
轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě to play down輕描淡寫
扫描器 sǎo miáo qì scanner掃描器
描画 miáo huà to draw描畫
描摹 miáo mó to trace over描摹 miáo mó
白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink and brush style白描 bái miáo
逐行扫描 zhú háng sǎo miáo line by line scanning逐行掃描
描金 miáo jīn to outline in gold描金 miáo jīn
描图 miáo tú to trace描圖
描红 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)描紅

miáo Decomposition & Compounds

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miáo Decomposition

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