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miǎn

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miǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miǎn | mian3
English translation
distant, remote; to think of

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About miǎn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

miǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of miǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟面

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

miàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and miàn represents the sound. Simplified form of miǎn .

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Example sentences using miǎn

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Lián chì shǒu 盗费 ēn dōu zài 缅怀 miǎn huái 从前 cóngqián 睡觉 shuìjiào de 台阶 táijiē 那些 nà xiē kōng tǒng .

Even Finn the Red - Handed was dreaming of his doorsteps and empty hogsheads.

le 缅因州 Miǎn yīn zhōu zhǎo 工作 gōngzuò

I had gone to Maine looking for a place to work.

今晚 jīn wǎn 一场森林 sēnlín 大火 dà huǒ zhēng 席卷 xí juǎn 缅因州 Miǎn yīn zhōu 北部 běi bù de 部分 bùfen 地区 dìqū

A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening.

ràng 我们 wǒmen wéi 缅怀 miǎn huái ér 干杯 gānbēi 好吗

Let's drink to his memory, eh?

Words with miǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
缅甸 Miǎn diàn Myanmar (or Burma)緬甸
缅怀 miǎn huái to commemorate緬懷
缅因州 Miǎn yīn zhōu Maine, US state緬因州
miǎn distant miǎn
缅因 Miǎn yīn Maine, US state緬因
缅文 Miǎn wén Burmese (language, esp. written)緬文

miǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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