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腼

miǎn

Character Traditional 靦

What 腼 means

1. used in {腼腆|miǎn tiǎn}

Example sentences

• 她给了我一个腼腆的笑容。
  Tā gěi le wǒ yī gè miǎntiǎn de xiàoróng.
  She gave me a shy smile.

Words starting with 腼

• 腼腆miǎn tiǎnshy; bashful

Characters built on 月

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

• 脸liǎnface
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 腺xiàngland
• 閒jiānvariant of 间
• 腱jiàntendon; sinew
• 腆tiǎnmake strong (as liquors); virtuous
• 胼piánused in 胼胝

Characters that look like 腼

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

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 潍wéiname of a river
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read miǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 免to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 勉to exhort; to make an effort
• 缅distant; remote; detailed
• 冕crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
• 娩to give birth to a child
• 湎used in 沉湎
• 沔inundation; name of a river
• 渑used in 渑池
• 眄to ogle at; to squint at
• 俛to exhort
• 丏hidden from view; barrier to ward off arrows
• 偭to transgress