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miáo

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miáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miáo | miao2
English translation
to aim
to take aim at; to look at

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About miáo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

miáo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of miáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目苗

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Miáo

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using miáo

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zài 猎手 liè shǒu 瞄准 miáozhǔn qián , 鹿已经 yǐjīng táo le .

Before the hunter could take aim , the deer jumped out of sight.

眼睛 yǎnjing Xiàng 船尾 chuán wěi 拦杆 miáo , 顿时 dùnshí 浑身 húnshēn 掠过 lu:è guò 一阵 yī zhèn 预兆 yùzhào xìng de hán chàn .

I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me.

Qiāng dǐng jiān ,眯起眼睛 yǎnjing 瞄准 miáozhǔn .

Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.

Qiāng 瞄准 miáozhǔn 猎物 liè wù .

He leveled his gun at the prey.

这些 zhè xiē 导弹 dǎodàn shì zuò zài 容易 róngyì 瞄准 miáozhǔn de 固定 gùdìng de 发射 fāshè Jǐng .

These missiles are not sitting in on easily targeted, fixed silo.

Words with miáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
瞄准 miáozhǔn to target瞄準
miáo to take aim miáo

miáo Decomposition & Compounds

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miáo Decomposition

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