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冥 míng

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
míng | ming2
English translation
dark, gloomy, night; deep

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About 冥 míng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

冥 míng

Contains the radical

冖 mì

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

The sun 日 Rì , covered 冖 mì , with 六 liù providing the pronunciation

Etymology of 冥 míng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿳冖日六

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Example sentences using 冥 míng

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冥 míng 蒙 méng 藏 Zàng 太 tài 古 Gǔ , 寒气 hán qì 积 jī 阴 Yīn 深 shēn .

Offerings in Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Swire, Hanqi deep plot Yam.

他 tā 那 Nā 苦行僧似的 shìde 瘦 shòu 脸 liǎn 反映 fǎnyìng 出 chū 他 tā 正在 zhèngzài 冥思苦索 míng sī kǔ suǒ .

His thin, ascetic face mirrows an intensity of thought.

冥冥之中 míng míng zhī zhōng ，他 tā 注定 zhù dìng 会 huì 成为 chéngwéi 摇滚乐 yáo gǔn yuè 的 de 救世主 Jiù shì zhǔ 。

He was somehow destined to become a rock messiah.

这 zhè 是 shì 个 gè 静心 jìng xīn 冥想 míng xiǎng 的 de 好 hǎo 地方 dìfāng 。

It is a place of quiet contemplation.

Words with 冥 míng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
冥 míng dark冥 míng
冥王星 Míng wáng xīng Pluto (dwarf planet)冥王星 Míng wáng xīng
冥想 míng xiǎng to meditate冥想 míng xiǎng
冥冥之中 míng míng zhī zhōng in the unseen world of spirits冥冥之中 míng míng zhī zhōng
幽冥 yōu míng dark幽冥 yōu míng
冥府 míng fǔ hell冥府 míng fǔ
苦思冥想 kǔ sī míng xiǎng to rack one's brains苦思冥想 kǔ sī míng xiǎng
冥思苦想 míng sī kǔ xiǎng to rack one's brains冥思苦想 míng sī kǔ xiǎng
冥币 míng bì false paper money burned as an offering to the dead冥幣
冥顽不灵 míng wán bù líng stupid冥頑不靈
冥顽 míng wán stupid冥頑
冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)冥婚 míng hūn
冥王 míng wáng the king of hell冥王 míng wáng
冥福 míng fú afterlife happiness冥福 míng fú
冥钞 míng chāo false paper money burned as an offering to the dead冥鈔
杳冥 yǎo míng dim and dusky杳冥 yǎo míng
冥思苦索 míng sī kǔ suǒ to mull over (idiom)冥思苦索 míng sī kǔ suǒ
风雨晦冥 fēng yǔ huì míng conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)風雨晦冥

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