Chinese Word: 靡 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

靡Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 19; Radical: 非

Pictophonetic:麻 indicates the sound; 非 (wrong) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 麻 [ má ] hemp, flax, sesame; numb
- 非 [ fēi ] not, negative, non-; to oppose

Similar Characters: 穈磨摩魔

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Pinyin: mí

English Definition:to waste (money)

Chinese Definition:
①浪费，奢侈：靡荡。靡费。侈靡。
②分散：靡散(消灭)。
③古同“糜”，糜烂。

Example Words:

Pinyin: mǐ

English Definition:extravagant; go with fashion; not

Example Words:

风靡	fēng mǐ	fashionable; popular
披靡	pī mǐ	to be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle etc)
所向披靡	suǒ xiàng pī mǐ	to sweep everything before one; to be invincible (idiom)
萎靡	wěi mǐ	dispirited; depressed
风靡一时	fēng mǐ yī shí	fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage

1		xiāo 消 mí 靡 zhè 这 yōu shēn 幽深 de 的 yè wǎn 夜晚。 So late into the night.
2		yǐ 以 tóng qíng 同情 zhī 之 xīn 心 qù 去 tǐ liàng 体谅， bì 敝 kāi xīn 开心 mí 靡。 To understand with compassion, opening up my mind.
3		bàn shì 办事 niǎn 撵 zǒu 走 sān 三 gè 个 guǐ 鬼： wú liáo 无聊、 mí 靡 làn 烂 hé 和 pín qióng 贫穷。 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
4		shì wù 事务 niǎn 撵 zǒu 走 sān 三 gè 个 guǐ 鬼： wú liáo 无聊、 mí 靡 làn 烂 hé 和 pín qióng 贫穷。 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
5		tā 她 yǒu 有 quán bù 全部 cè yàn 测验 shù jù 数据， nà xiē 那些 shù jù 数据 néng gòu 能够 jù xì 巨细 wú 无 mí 靡 de 地 miáo huì 描绘 yí gè rén 一个人。 She had all the test data. And those tests had been designed to tell everything about a person.

1		xiāo 消 mí 靡 zhè 这 yōu shēn 幽深 de 的 yè wǎn 夜晚。 So late into the night.
2		yǐ 以 tóng qíng 同情 zhī 之 xīn 心 qù 去 tǐ liàng 体谅， bì 敝 kāi xīn 开心 mí 靡。 To understand with compassion, opening up my mind.
3		bàn shì 办事 niǎn 撵 zǒu 走 sān 三 gè 个 guǐ 鬼： wú liáo 无聊、 mí 靡 làn 烂 hé 和 pín qióng 贫穷。 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
4		shì wù 事务 niǎn 撵 zǒu 走 sān 三 gè 个 guǐ 鬼： wú liáo 无聊、 mí 靡 làn 烂 hé 和 pín qióng 贫穷。 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
5		tā 她 yǒu 有 quán bù 全部 cè yàn 测验 shù jù 数据， nà xiē 那些 shù jù 数据 néng gòu 能够 jù xì 巨细 wú 无 mí 靡 de 地 miáo huì 描绘 yí gè rén 一个人。 She had all the test data. And those tests had been designed to tell everything about a person.