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勉

miǎn

HSK 6 Character

What 勉 means

1. to exhort
2. to make an effort

Example sentences

• 汤姆勉强签了文件。
  Tom reluctantly signed the papers.
• 他勉强地通过了考试。
  He barely passed the examination.
• 他勉强同意了我的建议。
  Tā miǎnqiǎng tóngyì le wǒ de jiànyì.
  He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
• 她勉强能自己煮晚餐吃。
  Tā miǎnqiǎng néng zìjǐ zhǔ wǎncān chī.
  She was able to cook herself dinner, after a fashion.
• 这些日子我们勉强糊口。
  Zhèxiē rìzi wǒmen miǎnqiǎng húkǒu.
  We lived from hand to mouth in those days.
• 我可以勉强地容忍他的行为。
  Wǒ kěyǐ miǎnqiǎng de róngrěn tā de xíngwéi.
  I can barely stand his behavior.

Words starting with 勉

• 勉强miǎn qiǎngto do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant
• 勉励miǎn lìto encourage
• 勉为其难miǎn wéi qí nánto tackle a difficult job (idiom); to do sth reluctantly
• 勉力miǎn lìto strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
• 勉县Miǎn XiànMian County or Mianxian, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市
• 勉力而为miǎn lì ér wéito try one's best to do sth (idiom)
• 勉勉强强miǎn miǎn qiǎng qiǎngto achieve with difficulty; only just up to the task; barely adequate

Words containing 勉

• 勤勉qín miǎndiligence; diligent; industrious
• 互勉hù miǎnto encourage each other
• 劝勉quàn miǎnto advise; to encourage
• 自勉zì miǎnto encourage oneself
• 规勉guī miǎnto advise and encourage
• 有则改之，无则加勉yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎncorrect any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them…

Characters built on 免

These share the phonetic component 免 (miǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 娩miǎnto give birth to a child
• 冕miǎncrown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 俛miǎnto exhort

Characters that look like 勉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 冠guànto put on a hat; to be first; to dub
• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 恕shùto forgive
• 勋xūn(bound form) meritorious accomplishment
• 劾héto impeach
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath

Sounds the same

Read miǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 免to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 缅distant; remote; detailed
• 冕crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 娩to give birth to a child
• 腼used in 腼腆
• 湎used in 沉湎
• 沔inundation; name of a river
• 渑used in 渑池
• 眄to ogle at; to squint at
• 俛to exhort
• 丏hidden from view; barrier to ward off arrows
• 偭to transgress