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苗条

miáo tiao

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 苗條

What 苗条 means

1. (of a woman) slim
2. slender
3. graceful

The characters in 苗条

• 苗miáosprout
• 条tiáostrip; item; article

Example sentences

• 说苗条比说瘦更有礼貌。
  Shuō miáotiao bǐ shuō shòu gèng yǒulǐmào.
  It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
• 我奶奶年轻的时候身材很苗条，现在年纪大了就发福了。
  Wǒ nǎinai niánqīng de shíhou shēncái hěn miáotiao, xiànzài niánjì dà le jiù fāfú le.
  When my grandmother was young, her body was very slim. Now in her old age she's grown plump.