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弥

mí

HSK 6 Character Traditional 彌

What 弥 means

1. full
2. to fill
3. completely
4. more

Other readings

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

• míbrimming or overflowing

Example sentences

• 阿弥陀佛。
  ēmítuófó.
  Praise be to Buddha.
• 我必须弥补损失。
  Wǒ bìxū míbǔ sǔnshī.
  I must make up for the loss.
• 您必须弥补损失。
  You must make up for the loss.
• 你必须弥补损失。
  You must make up for the loss.
• 弥补永远不会太晚。
  It's never too late to make amends.
• 玫瑰的芬芳弥漫了整个房间.
  Méiguī de fēnfāng mímàn le zhěnggè fángjiān.
  The smell of roses filled the room.

Words starting with 弥

• 弥漫mí mànto pervade; to fill the air; diffuse
• 弥补mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
• 弥撒mí sa(Catholic) Mass
• 弥留mí liúseriously ill and about to die
• 弥足珍贵mí zú zhēn guìextremely precious; valuable
• 弥勒佛Mí lè fóMaitreya; the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
• 弥散mí sànto dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
• 弥勒Mí lèMaitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
• 弥合mí héto cause a wound to close up and heal
• 弥天mí tiānfilling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
• 弥封mí fēngto sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud)
• 弥月mí yuèfull moon; first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
• 弥望mí wànga full view
• 弥满mí mǎnto be full
• 弥缝mí féngto cover up mistakes or crimes; to stitch up; to fix
• 弥蒙mí méngimpenetrable thick fog or smoke
• 弥勒市Mí lè ShìMile, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州
• 弥渡县Mí dù XiànMidu, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 弥赛亚Mí sài yàMessiah
• 弥天大谎mí tiān dà huǎnga pack of lies (idiom)
• 弥留之际mí liú zhī jìon one's deathbed; at the point of death
• 弥漫星云mí màn xīng yúndiffuse nebula
• 弥陀Mí tuóAmitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise; abbr. for 阿弥陀佛…
• 弥迦书Mí jiā shūBook of Micah

Words containing 弥

• 阿弥陀佛Ē mí tuó FóAmitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!
• 沙弥shā mínovice Buddhist monk
• 须弥Xū míMt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原
• 须弥山Xū mí shānMt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原
• 安魂弥撒ān hún mí saRequiem Mass (Catholic)
• 历久弥坚lì jiǔ mí jiānto become more resolute with the passing of time (idiom)
• 历久弥新lì jiǔ mí xīnlit. long in existence but ever new (idiom); fig. timeless; unfading
• 笑口弥勒Xiào kǒu Mí lèlaughing Maitreya
• 阿弥陀如来Ē mí tuó rú láiAmitabha, Buddha of infinite light
• 欲盖弥彰yù gài mí zhāngtrying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
• 阿耳忒弥斯Ā ěr tè mí sīArtemis (Greek goddess of the moon)
• 艾弥尔Ài mí ěrEmile (name)
• 日久弥新rì jiǔ mí xīnsee 历久弥新

Characters built on 尔

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

• 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您
• 祢nǐyou (used to address a deity)
• 玺xǐruler's seal

Characters that look like 弥

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

• 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 弧húarc
• 侬nóngyou (Wu dialect); I, me (classical)

Sounds the same

Read mí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迷to bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 眯to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 谜riddle
• 靡to waste (money)
• 糜rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)
• 醚ether
• 麋moose; river bank
• 猕used in 猕猴
• 冞deep
• 蘼millet
• 縻to tie up
• 醾unfiltered wine; wine brewed twice