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敏

mǐn

HSK 5 Character

What 敏 means

1. bound formquick; nimble; agile
2. bound formquick-witted; smart

Example sentences

• 他很敏感。
  He is very sensitive.
• 敏夫喜欢谁?
  Who does Toshio like?
• 我玉米过敏。
  I'm allergic to corn.
• 汤姆很敏捷。
  Tom is agile.
• 我对花粉过敏。
  Wǒ duì huāfěnguòmǐn.
  I am allergic to pollen.
• 狗的嗅觉灵敏。
  Gǒu de xiùjué língmǐn.
  Dogs have a keen sense of smell.

Words starting with 敏

• 敏感mǐn gǎnsensitive; susceptible
• 敏锐mǐn ruìkeen; sharp; acute
• 敏捷mǐn jiénimble; quick; shrewd
• 敏感性mǐn gǎn xìngsensitive; sensitivity

Words containing 敏

• 过敏guò mǐn(medicine) allergic; hypersensitive; (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact
• 灵敏líng mǐnsmart; clever; sensitive
• 机敏jī mǐnagility
• 灵敏度líng mǐn dù(level of) sensitivity
• 神经过敏shén jīng guò mǐnjumpy; nervous; oversensitive
• 光敏guāng mǐnphotosensitive
• 热敏rè mǐnheat-sensitive; thermal (printing)
• 脱敏tuō mǐnto desensitize; to become desensitized; to anonymize (data); to remove sensitive content
• 西敏Xī mǐnWestminster, a London borough
• 士敏土shì mǐn tǔcement (loanword) (old)
• 热敏纸rè mǐn zhǐthermal paper
• 特敏福Tè mǐn fú(Hong Kong; loanword) Tamiflu
• 过敏原guò mǐn yuánallergen; anaphylactogen
• 过敏性guò mǐn xìnghypersensitive; allergic reaction; anaphylaxis
• 思维敏捷sī wéi mǐn jiéquick-witted; agile of mind
• 思路敏捷sī lù mǐn jiéquick-witted
• 超敏反应chāo mǐn fǎn yìnghypersensitivity
• 身手敏捷shēn shǒu mǐn jiéagile; nimble; deft
• 过敏反应guò mǐn fǎn yìngallergic reaction
• 过敏性休克guò mǐn xìng xiū kèanaphylactic shock
• 过敏性反应guò mǐn xìng fǎn yìngallergic reaction; hypersensitive reaction; anaphylaxis
• 花粉过敏huā fěn guò mǐnhay fever
• 敬谢不敏jìng xiè bù mǐnplease excuse me for not complying; to politely decline
• 李敏勇Lǐ Mǐn yǒngLi Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet

Characters that look like 敏

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

• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 敦dūnkindhearted; place name
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…

Sounds the same

Read mǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抿to smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 闽short name for Fujian 福建; also pr. Mín
• 泯(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• 悯to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
• 皿(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108
• 敃strong; robust; vigorous
• 湣(ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs); old variant of 悯
• 刡to scrape; to pare
• 慜clever; old variant of 愍
• 鳘cod
• 黾to strive
• 忞ancient variant of 暋