眯

mí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

眯 (mí) means "to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. [mǐ]; to narrow one's eyes". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 眯 means

to blind (as with dust)
Taiwan pr. mǐ

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

Words containing 眯

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.

Characters that look like 眯

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

Sounds the same

Read mí, tone for tone, but written differently.

Where 眯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · měi–mí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
How characters are built from components.
How to learn Chinese characters.
The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mí correctly.
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