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妙

miào

HSK 5 Character

What 妙 means

1. clever
2. wonderful

Other readings

妙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• miàovariant of {妙|miào}

Example sentences

• 多妙啊！
  How ingenious!
• 好巧妙啊。
  That's clever.
• 语言很奇妙。
  Language is wonderful.
• 真是太妙了。
  It was absolutely brilliant.
• 人生真是奇妙！
  How strange life is!
• 这是奇妙的体验。
  Zhè shì qímiào de tǐyàn.
  It's been an amazing experience.

Words starting with 妙

• 妙法miào fǎbrilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution
• 妙龄miào líng(of a girl) in the prime of youth
• 妙语miào yǔwitticism
• 妙不可言miào bù kě yántoo wonderful for words
• 妙手miào shǒumiraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person…
• 妙处miào chùideal place; suitable location; merit
• 妙用miào yòngto use (sth) in an ingenious way; marvelously effective use
• 妙计miào jìexcellent plan; brilliant scheme
• 妙趣横生miào qù héng shēngendlessly interesting (idiom); very witty
• 妙品miào pǐna fine work of art
• 妙招miào zhāosmart move; clever way of doing sth
• 妙笔miào bǐtalented, gifted or ingenious writing
• 妙趣miào qùwitty; clever; amusing
• 妙手回春miào shǒu huí chūn(idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure
• 妙手空空miào shǒu kōng kōngpetty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish); empty-handed; having nothing
• 妙笔生花miào bǐ shēng huāgifted or skillful writing
• 妙语如珠miào yǔ rú zhūsparkling with wit (idiom)
• 妙语连珠miào yǔ lián zhūsparkling with wit (idiom)
• 妙在不言中miào zài bù yán zhōngthe charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)
• 妙语横生miào yǔ héng shēngto be full of wit and humor
• 妙智慧miào zhì huìwondrous wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
• 妙探寻凶Miào tàn xún xiōngCluedo (board game)
• 妙妙熊历险记Miào miào xióng Lì xiǎn JìAdventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series)
• 妙法莲华经Miào fǎ Lián huá JīngThe Lotus Sutra

Words containing 妙

• 巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
• 莫名其妙mò míng qí miào(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
• 美妙měi miàobeautiful; wonderful; splendid
• 奇妙qí miàowonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
• 微妙wēi miàosubtle
• 不妙bù miào(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
• 绝妙jué miàoexquisite
• 奥妙ào miàomarvelous; mysterious; profound
• 精妙jīng miàoexquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)
• 玄妙xuán miàomysterious; profound; abstruse
• 曼妙màn miào(literary) graceful
• 惟妙惟肖wéi miào wéi xiàoto imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
• 佳妙jiā miàowonderful; beautiful (calligraphy)
• 神妙shén miàomarvelous; wondrous
• 灵妙líng miàowonderful; ingenious; clever
• 高妙gāo miàomasterly; subtle and clever (or artwork, writing etc)
• 奇思妙想qí sī miào xiǎngan unconventional but wonderful idea
• 生花妙笔shēng huā miào bǐbeautiful or talented writing
• 神机妙算shén jī miào suàndivine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom); clever scheme…
• 灵丹妙药líng dān miào yàoeffective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea…
• 锦囊妙计jǐn náng miào jìbrocade sack of miracle plans (idiom); bag of tricks…
• 维妙维肖wéi miào wéi xiàoto imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life
• 婉妙wǎn miàosweet; soft; lovely (of sounds and voices)
• 隽妙juàn miàoextremely elegant

Characters built on 少

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

• 秒miǎosecond (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (colloquial) instantly
• 眇miǎoblind in one eye; blind; tiny
• 杪miǎothe limit; tip of branch

Characters that look like 妙

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

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 姊zǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 纱shācotton yarn; muslin
• 妞niūgirl
• 妍yánbeautiful
• 枋fāngSantalum album; square wooden pillar

Sounds the same

Read miào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 庙temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 缪surname Miao
• 庿variant of 庙