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mǐn

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mǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǐn | min3
English translation
to destroy, to eliminate; to perish

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About mǐn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

mǐn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of mǐn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵民

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Mín

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Mín represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using mǐn

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这些 zhè xiē 意象 yì xiàng zài 很大程度 chéngdù shǎng 表现 biǎoxiàn chū de 人性 rénxìng 泯灭 mǐn miè ràng 深感 shēn gǎn 惊骇 jīng hài

She was horrified at the dehumanisation involved in much of the imagery.

Words with mǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mǐn to vanish mǐn
泯灭 mǐn miè to obliterate泯滅
良心未泯 liáng xīn wèi mǐn not totally heartless良心未泯 liáng xīn wèi mǐn
泯没 mǐn mò to vanish泯沒

mǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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