Chinese Word: 渺 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

渺HSK 6

Pinyin: miǎo

English Definition: (of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant

Chinese Definition:
①微小：渺小。渺不足道。
②水势辽远：浩渺。渺邈。渺渺。渺然。
③茫茫然，看不清楚：渺茫。渺无人迹。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic:眇 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water
- 眇 [ miǎo ] blind in one eye; subtle, minute, minuscule

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渺茫	miǎo máng	uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague
渺小HSK 6	miǎo xiǎo	minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
浩渺	hào miǎo	vast; extending into the distance
渺无人烟	miǎo wú rén yān	remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted; God-forsaken
渺远	miǎo yuǎn	distantly remote; also written 邈远

1		zài 在 zāi hài 灾害 miàn qián 面前， rén lèi 人类 xiǎn de 显得 hěn 很 miǎo xiǎo 渺小。 In the face of disasters, humanity seems very small.
2		yè kōng 夜空 zhōng 中 wú biān wú jì 无边无际 de 的 xīng kōng 星空 ràng 让 rén 人 gǎn dào 感到 wú bǐ 无比 de 的 miǎo xiǎo 渺小 hé 和 jìng wèi 敬畏。 The endless starry sky in the night makes people feel tiny and awed.