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miǎo

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miǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miǎo | miao3
English translation
(of an expanse of water) vast
distant and indistinct
tiny or insignificant
vast, boundless

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About miǎo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

miǎo

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of miǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵眇

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

miǎo

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Example sentences using miǎo

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感到 gǎn dào shì 多么 duōme miǎo xiǎo ā !

I feel what a nothing I am!

看到此处 cǐ chù 气势 qìshì 如此 rú cǐ 恢宏 huī hóng 可能 kěnéng huì 觉得 juéde 自己 zìjǐ hěn 渺小 miǎoxiǎo

You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place.

大多数 dà duō shù 岛屿 dǎoyǔ 基本上 jī běn shang dōu shì 一片荒凉 huāngliáng 渺无人烟 miǎo wú rén yān

Many of the islands are mainly wild and underpopulated.

Words with miǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
渺小 miǎoxiǎo minute渺小 miǎoxiǎo
渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain渺茫 miǎo máng
飘渺 piāo miǎo as in a mist飄渺
miǎo distant and indistinct miǎo
浩渺 hào miǎo vast浩渺 hào miǎo
渺无人烟 miǎo wú rén yān God-forsaken渺無人煙
渺远 miǎo yuǎn distantly remote渺遠
渺渺茫茫 miǎo miǎo máng máng uncertain渺渺茫茫 miǎo miǎo máng máng
渺无音信 miǎo wú yīn xìn to receive no news whatsoever about sb渺無音信

miǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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miǎo Decomposition

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