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糜

mí

Character

What 糜 means

1. rice gruel
2. rotten
3. to waste (money)

Other readings

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

• méimillet
• Mísurname Mi

Example sentences

• 台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易萎糜不振。
  Táibì shàngzhǎng, zàochéng Táiwān de chūkǒu màoyì wěi méi bù zhèn.
  The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.

Words starting with 糜

• 糜烂mí làndissipated; rotten; decaying
• 糜烂性毒剂mí làn xìng dú jìvesicant
• 糜费mí fèivariant of 靡费

Words containing 糜

• 肉糜ròu míminced meat
• 蒜糜suàn mí(dialect) garlic paste
• 鱼糜yú mísurimi
• 乳糜泻rǔ mí xièceliac disease
• 何不食肉糜hé bù shí ròu mí(lit.) "Why don't they eat meat porridge?"…
• 侈糜chǐ mívariant of 侈靡
• 奢糜shē mívariant of 奢靡

Characters built on 麻

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

• 靡míto waste (money)
• 縻míto tie up

Characters that look like 糜

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

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 瘸quélame
• 邃suìdeep; distant; mysterious
• 麋mímoose; river bank

Sounds the same

Read mí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迷to bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 弥full; to fill; completely
• 眯to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 谜riddle
• 靡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