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谜

mí

HSK 6 Character Traditional 謎

What 谜 means

1. riddle

Other readings

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

• mèisee {谜儿|mèi r}, riddle

Example sentences

• 汤姆是个谜。
  Tom is a mystery.
• 你解开谜团了吗？
  Nǐ jiěkāi mítuán le ma?
  Have you worked the puzzle out?
• 元宵节要猜灯谜。
  It is a must to guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.
• 你能解开这个谜吗？
  Nǐ néng jiěkāi zhège mí ma?
  Can you solve this puzzle?
• 大自然已充满了谜团。
  Dàzìrán yǐ chōngmǎn le mítuán.
  Nature is full of mystery.
• 没人解得了这个谜题。
  Méi rén jiědeliǎo zhège mítí.
  No one could solve the puzzle.

Words starting with 谜

• 谜语mí yǔriddle; conundrum
• 谜底mí dǐanswer to a riddle
• 谜团mí tuánriddle; enigma; unpredictable situation
• 谜面mí miànriddle
• 谜之mí zhī(neologism; slang) (attributive) mysterious; enigmatic (calque from Japanese 謎の "nazo no")
• 谜儿mèi rriddle
• 谜样mí yàngenigmatic
• 谜题mí típuzzle; riddle

Words containing 谜

• 猜谜cāi míto answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
• 灯谜dēng míriddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
• 字谜zì míletter puzzle
• 解谜jiě míto solve the riddle
• 春灯谜Chūn dēng míSpring lantern riddles…
• 猜谜儿cāi mí rto answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
• 未解之谜wèi jiě zhī míunsolved mystery
• 纵横字谜zòng héng zì mícrossword
• 哑谜yǎ mípuzzle; mystery
• 打哑谜dǎ yǎ míto talk in riddles

Characters that look like 谜

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

• 健jiànhealthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 惴zhuìanxious; worried
• 谑xuèjoy; to joke; to banter
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

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
• 靡to waste (money)
• 糜rice gruel; rotten; 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