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微微

wēi wēi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

微微 (wēi wēi) means "slight; faint; humble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 微微 means

1. slight
2. faint
3. humble

The characters in 微微

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly

Example sentences

• 男孩微微笑。
  The boy is smiling.
• 教授微微笑了笑。
  Jiàoshòu wēiwēi xiào le xiào.
  The professor smiled slightly.
• 教授微微笑了一下。
  Jiàoshòu wēiwēi xiào le yīxià.
  The professor smiled a little.

Sounds the same

Read wēi wēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 巍巍towering; imposing

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