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mǐn

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mǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
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English translation
to pity, to sympathize with; to grieve for

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About mǐn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

mǐn

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of mǐn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄闵

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

mǐn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and mǐn represents the sound. Simplified form of mǐn .

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Example sentences using mǐn

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零零 de tǎng zài 路边 lù biān ,旁观 páng guān de rén dōu 投以怜悯 lián mǐn de 目光 mùguāng .

He lay helpless in the street under the pitying gaze of the bystanders.

shuì duì shuì de 最后 zuìhòu 一句 yī jù 话是:“ Bié 怜悯 lián mǐn 。”

Supposedly his last words to her were: "You must not pity me."

抑制 yì zhì zhāo 心中 xīn zhōng de 自怜 jiāng 满腔 mǎn qiāng de 怜悯 lián mǐn 之情 dōu 倾注 qīng zhù zài le de 身上 shēn shang

She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.

Words with mǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
怜悯 lián mǐn pity憐憫
mǐn to pity mǐn
悲悯 bēi mǐn compassionate悲憫
悲天悯人 bēi tiān mǐn rén to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind悲天憫人
悯惜 mǐn xī to feel compassion for憫惜
哀悯 aī mǐn to take pity on哀憫

mǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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