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mǐn

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mǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǐn | min3
English translation
quick
nimble
agile
clever
smart
fast, quick; clever, smart

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About mǐn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

mǐn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

strike

Etymology of mǐn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

每攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

měi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and měi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using mǐn

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diǎo yǒu 敏锐 mǐnruì de 视力 shìlì , ér gǒu yǒu 灵敏 língmǐn de 嗅觉 xiùjué .

Birds have sharp eyes and dogs have sharp noses.

吴敏霞搭档 dādàng 郭晶晶 Guō Jīng jīng 赢得 yíng dé le 3 bǎn de 冠军 guànjūn .

Wu Minxia and her partner, Guo Jingjing, won the 3 - meter springboard competition.

现在 xiànzài ,虽然 suīrán 饿 è de 痛苦 tòngkǔ 已经 yǐjīng 不再 bù zài 那么 nà me 敏锐 mǐnruì , què 感到 gǎn dào le 虚弱 xū ruò .

Though the hunger pangs were no longer so exquisite , he realized that he was weak.

zhè Tái 仪器 yíqì de 灵敏度 líng mǐn dù hěn Gāo .

The device acquires a high degree of dexterity.

舒缓 shū huǎn 敏感 mǐngǎn 皮肤 pífū ,预防 yùfáng 出现 chūxiàn hén yǎng huò Hóng bān .

For sensitive skin , skin is soothed without itchy or redness.

Words with mǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
敏感 mǐngǎn sensitive敏感 mǐngǎn
过敏 guòmǐn allergic過敏
mǐn quick mǐn
敏锐 mǐnruì keen敏銳
敏捷 mǐnjié nimble敏捷 mǐnjié
灵敏 língmǐn smart靈敏
敏感性 mǐn gǎn xìng sensitive敏感性 mǐn gǎn xìng
过敏性 guò mǐn xìng hypersensitive過敏性
灵敏度 líng mǐn dù (level of) sensitivity靈敏度
机敏 jī mǐn agility機敏
聪敏 cōng mǐn quick聰敏

mǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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mǐn Decomposition

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mǐn Compounds

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