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绵

mián

Character Traditional 綿

What 绵 means

1. silk floss
2. continuous
3. soft
4. weak
5. mild-mannered (dialect)

Other readings

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

• miánold variant of {绵|mián}; cotton

Example sentences

• 海绵吸水。
  Hǎimián xīshuǐ.
  A sponge absorbs water.
• 给我画只绵羊。
  Gěi wǒ huà zhǐ miányáng.
  Draw me a sheep.
• 我有很多绵羊。
  I have a lot of sheep.
• 这些绵袜很耐洗。
  These cotton socks bear washing well.
• 绵羊提供我们羊毛。
  Sheep provide us with wool.
• 萨米喜欢海绵宝宝。
  Sami likes Spongebob.

Words starting with 绵

• 绵绵mián miáncontinuous; uninterrupted
• 绵羊mián yángsheep
• 绵延mián yán(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
• 绵长mián chánglong and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive; prolonged
• 绵力mián lìone's limited power (humble expr.)
• 绵子mián zi(dial.) silk floss
• 绵密mián mìdetailed; meticulous; fine and careful
• 绵薄mián bómy humble effort; my meager contribution (humble)
• 绵连mián liáncontinuous; uninterrupted
• 绵远mián yuǎnremote
• 绵白糖mián bái tángsugar powder
• 绵阳市Mián yáng ShìMianyang, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 绵绵不绝mián mián bù juécontinuous; endless
• 绵里藏针mián lǐ cáng zhēnlit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom); fig. ruthless character behind a gentle…
• 绵竹市Mián zhú ShìMianzhu, a county-level city in Deyang City 德阳市
• 绵绸mián chóurough-textured fabric of waste silk
• 绵亘mián gènto stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)
• 绵邈mián miǎofar back in time; faraway; remote
• 绵绵瓜瓞mián mián guā dié(lit.) (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom)…
• 绵惙mián chuòcritically ill
• 绵阳Mián yángsee 绵阳市
• 绵联mián liánvariant of 绵连
• 绵竹Mián zhúsee 绵竹市

Words containing 绵

• 缠绵chán miántouching (emotions); lingering (illness)
• 连绵lián miáncontinuous; unbroken; uninterrupted
• 海绵hǎi mián(zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge; sponge…
• 软绵绵ruǎn mián miánsoft; velvety; flabby
• 连绵不绝lián mián bù jué(idiom) continuous; unending
• 延绵yán miánto extend continuously
• 丝绵sī miánsilk floss; down
• 海绵状hǎi mián zhuàngspongy
• 海绵体hǎi mián tǐerectile tissue (genital); corpus cavernosum
• 福绵区Fú mián QūFumian, a district of Yulin City 玉林市
• 联绵词lián mián cítwo-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲珑
• 海绵宝宝Hǎi mián Bǎo bǎoSpongeBob SquarePants (US animated TV series, 1999–)
• 海绵蛋糕hǎi mián dàn gāosponge cake
• 福寿绵长fú shòu mián chánggood luck and long life
• 缠绵不已chán mián bù yǐto cling without letting go; to pester without end; to cling lovingly to each other
• 牛海绵状脑病niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìngbovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE; mad cow disease
• 缠绵悱恻chán mián fěi cè(of a person) sad beyond words (idiom); (of music, literature etc) poignant…
• 石绵shí miánvariant of 石棉
• 福绵Fú miánsee 福绵区
• 联绵lián miánvariant of 连绵
• 连绵词lián mián cívariant of 联绵词

Characters that look like 绵

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

• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 棉miángeneric term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 缉jīto seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 绰chuò(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read mián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 眠to sleep; to hibernate
• 棉generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
• 宀"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 宝盖
• 蝒large, black cicada; locust