miǎo

common
literary

Meaning of

藐 means tiny; small; minute; to despise; to scorn; to look down upon. Pronounced miǎo.

  • tiny; small; minute
  • to despise; to scorn; to look down upon

Character Info

Radical
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Definitions & Examples

Zài
hào
hàn
de
zhòu
miàn
qián
 
rén
lèi
xiǎn
shí
fēn
miǎo
xiǎo
 

In the face of the vast universe, humanity appears extremely insignificant.

Yuǎn
chù
shān
dǐng
yǒu
miǎo
xiǎo
de
hēi
diǎn
zài
dòng
 

A tiny black dot was moving on the distant mountaintop.

de
fán
nǎo
zài
shǐ
cháng
zhōng
guò
shì
miǎo
xiǎo
de
shā
 

His troubles are but a grain of sand in the long river of history.

Zhè
zhǒng
wēi
shēng
miǎo
xiǎo
dào
ròu
yǎn
kàn
jiàn
 

This microorganism is so minute that it is invisible to the naked eye.

yòng
huà
miáo
huì
chū
miǎo
xiǎo
de
jié
 

She used a brush to paint the tiny details.