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眯

mí

HSK 6 Character

What 眯 means

1. to blind (as with dust)
2. Taiwan pr. mǐ

Other readings

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

• mīto narrow one's eyes; to squint; to take a nap

Example sentences

• 她笑眯眯的对我招手。
  She waved her hand to me, smiling brightly.
• 我眯了一会之后把作业写了。
  I did my homework after I took a nap.

Words starting with 眯

• 眯缝mī fengto squint
• 眯眼mī yǎnto narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)
• 眯眯眼mī mī yǎnsquinty eyes

Words containing 眯

• 笑眯眯xiào mī mībeaming; all smiles
• 色眯眯sè mī mīlustful; lecherous

Characters built on 米

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

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

Characters that look like 眯

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

• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 棘jíthorns
• 睐làito glance; to look askance at
• 晾liàngto dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder
• 眺tiàoto gaze into the distance
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil

Sounds the same

Read mí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迷to bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 弥full; to fill; completely
• 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