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靡

mí

Character

What 靡 means

1. to waste (money)

Other readings

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

• mǐextravagant; go with fashion; not

Example sentences

• 台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易萎靡不振。
  The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.

Words starting with 靡

• 靡烂mí lànrotting; decaying
• 靡费mí fèito waste; to squander
• 靡靡之音mǐ mǐ zhī yīn(idiom) decadent music
• 靡有孑遗mǐ yǒu jié yíall dead and no survivors
• 靡不有初，鲜克有终mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōngalmost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom)…

Words containing 靡

• 风靡fēng mǐfashionable; popular
• 萎靡wěi mǐlistless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing
• 所向披靡suǒ xiàng pī mǐ(idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
• 萎靡不振wěi mǐ bù zhèndispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
• 风靡一时fēng mǐ yī shífashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
• 侈靡chǐ míwasteful; extravagant
• 奢靡shē míextravagant
• 披靡pī mǐto be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle etc)
• 淫靡yín mǐprofligate; extravagantly showy; (of music) lascivious
• 华靡huá míluxurious; opulent
• 夸多斗靡kuā duō dòu mǐ(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
• 颓靡tuí mǐ(literary) devastated
• 绮靡qǐ mǐbeautiful and intricate; ornate; gorgeous
• 委靡wěi mǐvariant of 萎靡
• 委靡不振wěi mǐ bù zhènvariant of 萎靡不振

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.

• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)
• 縻míto tie up

Characters that look like 靡

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

• 魔mó(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 灌guànto irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 馨xīnfragrant
• 蘑mómushroom
• 藕ǒuroot of lotus

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
• 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