Chinese Word: 缪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

缪 (Trad.: 繆)Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 糸

Pictophonetic:翏 indicates the sound; 纟 (thread) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 纟 [ sī ] silk; thread
- 翏 [ liù ] the sound of the wind; to soar

Similar Characters: 谬

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Pinyin: liǎo

English Definition:old variant of 缭

Chinese Definition:
①古同“缭”，缭绕。

Pinyin: miào

English Definition:mu (Greek letter Μμ); surname Miao

Chinese Definition:
①姓氏。

Pinyin: miù

English Definition:variant of 謬 ; error; erroneous

Chinese Definition:
①(妣缪)错误。
②(缪巧)计谋，机智，如“岂有他缪缪，阴阳不能贼？”

Example Words:

塞缪尔	sāi miù ěr	Samuel (name)
纰缪	pī miù	error; mistake
缪巧	miù qiǎo	plan; scheme; intelligent; quick-witted
缪思	miù sī	variant of 缪斯
缪斯	miù sī	Muse (Greek mythology)

Pinyin: móu

English Definition:to wind round

Chinese Definition:
①(绸缪)见“(繆)绸”。

Example Words:

未雨绸缪	wèi yǔ chóu móu	lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经 ); fig. to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day
绸缪	chóu móu	to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
情意绸缪	qíng yì chóu móu	to be head over heels in love (idiom)

Pinyin: mù

English Definition:old variant of 穆

Chinese Definition:
①古同“穆”，恭敬。

1		shèng 圣 bā sāi 巴塞 luó 罗 mù 缪 shì 是 yē sū 耶稣 de 的 zhòng 众 shǐ tú 使徒 zhī yī 之一。 Saint Bartholomew is one of the Apostles of Christ.
2		bā sāi luò liǎo 巴塞洛缪 shuō 说， yōu ní kē 优尼科 gōng sī 公司 yōng yǒu 拥有 de 的 mǒu xiē 某些 jì shù 技术 hé 和 cái liào 材料， rú 如 jù yǒu 具有 jūn mín 军民 liǎng yòng 两用 qián lì 潜力 de 的 xī tǔ 稀土 kuàng wù 矿物， yě 也 yǐn qǐ 引起 lìng yì fāng miàn 另一方面 de 的 ān quán 安全 kǎo lǜ 考虑。 Unocal' s possession of certain technologies and materials such as rare earth minerals with dual use potential introduces additional security considerations, the USCC commissioner said.
3		tā 她 de 的 jì rèn zhě 继任者， xiǎo sēn 小森 mù 缪 · A · ā lì tuō 阿利托 fǎ guān 法官， zài 在 zhòng dà 重大 cái jué 裁决 zhōng 中 zǒng shì 总是 tóu piào 投票 zhī chí 支持 fǎ yuàn 法院 lǐ 里 bǎo shǒu pài 保守派 de 的 fǎ guān 法官， qiáng liè 强烈 fǎn duì 反对 zhèng fǔ 政府 shǐ yòng 使用 zhǒng zú 种族 fēn lèi 分类。 Her replacement, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., has consistently voted with the court' s more conservative justices in major decisions hostile to the use of racial classifications by the government.