微 wēi
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wēi
adjective
small; tiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 细小 (CCD '微' 1; Guoyu '微' adj 2; Unihan '微'; XHZD '微' 1) -
wēi
adjective
trifling
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '微') -
wéi
adverb
if it had not been for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Sometimes used as a negating word, tone is Middle Chinese pronunciation (Guoyu '微' v 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 110) -
wēi
verb
to decline; to wane
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 衰落 (CCD '微' 3; Guoyu '微' adj 4; XHZD '微' 3) -
wēi
adjective
profound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '微' 4; Guoyu '微' adj 1; XHZD '微' 4) -
wēi
adverb
slightly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 微 is synonymous with 稍 in this sense (Guoyu '微' adv 3; XHZD '微' 2) -
wēi
prefix
miro
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: One millionth (CCD '微' 2; Unihan '微'; XHZD '微' 5) -
wēi
verb
to hide; to conceal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 隐匿 (Guoyu '微' v 1) -
wéi
verb
is not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '微' v 3) -
wéi
adjective
lowly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 卑贱 (Guoyu '微' adj 3) -
wēi
adjective
few
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 少 (Guoyu '微' adj 5) -
wēi
adjective
unclear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不明 (Guoyu '微' adj 6) -
wēi
adverb
secretly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 祕密 (Guoyu '微' adv 1) -
wēi
proper noun
Wei
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '微' n 1)
Contained in
- 微辞(微辭) subtle words
- 拈花微笑 to hold a flower and smile
- 光学显微镜(光學顯微鏡) optical microscope
- 微粒体(微粒體) microsome
- 一线微光(一線微光) gleam
- 玄微 mysterious and subtle
- 寒微 of humble origin
- 微生物学(微生物學) microbiology
- 梨颊微涡(梨頰微渦) pear shaped cheeks with faint dimples; the smile of a beautiful woman
- 微波炉(微波爐) microwave oven
- 积于忽微(積於忽微) to accumulate tiny quantities
- 微醺 tipsy
- 细微末节(細微末節) tiny insignificant details; niceties
- 微雕 a miniature carving
- 紫微星 Ursa Minor
- 紫微宫(紫微宮) Grand Palace of Purple Tenuity
- 微积分学(微積分學) infinitesimal calculus; calculus
- 微分 calculus
- 微积分(微積分) calculus; differentiation and integration; calculus of infinitesimals and integrals
- 微火 a low fire (for roasting)
- 入微 down to the smallest detail; thorough-going; fine and detailed
- 微整形 non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
- 微米 micron
- 微观经济(微觀经济) micro-economic
- 微溶 slightly soluble
- 微雨 gentle rain
- 忽微 minuscule quantity; minor matter
- 体贴入微(體貼入微) to show every possible consideration; meticulous care
- 微机化(微機化) miniaturization; micro-miniaturization
- 微商 derivative
- 微博客 microblogging; microblog
- 微显(微顯) subtle yet evident
- 微处理器(微處理器) microprocessor
- 微型封装块(微型封裝塊) microcapsule
- 缩微平片(縮微平片) microfiche
- 显微学(顯微學) microscopy
- 微安培 microampere
- 微孔膜 microporous membrane
- 偏微分 partial differential; partial derivative
- 无微不至(無微不至) to take care of everything for somebody
- 知之甚微 to know very little about
- 兵少将微(兵少將微) few soldiers and a low ranking commander
- 微芯片 microchip; integrated circuit
- 微弱 weak; faint; feeble
- 微型 miniature; micro-; tiny
- 微整 cosmetic procedure
- 身轻言微(身輕言微) a person of low status and triffling talk
- 显微(顯微) micro-; microscopic; to make the minute visible
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
- 卷二十 列傳第十 謝弘微 Volume 20 Biographies 10: Xie Hongwei History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 47
- 卷五十八 列傳第十八 王惠 Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 45
- 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 40
- 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 24
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 24
- 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
- 卷六十二 列傳第二十二 羊欣 張敷 王微 Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei Book of Song 宋書 — count: 19
- 卷二十一 列傳第十一 王弘 Volume 21 Biographies 11: Wang Hong History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 18
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
Collocations
- 微国 (微國) 微國也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 13
- 微职 (微職) 皆辨異衣章微職 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 旗幟 Book 15 - Flags and Pennants — count: 5
- 微君 (微君) 微君之故 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧式微 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Shi Wei — count: 5
- 微邪 (微邪) 則微邪不可不禁也 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 5
- 深微 (深微) 玄妙深微 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六 覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 4
- 筑微 (築微) 筑微 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 天子微 (天子微) 天子微 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 道微 (道微) 逆之道微 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 使微 (使微) 曷為使微者 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 微言 (微言) 聖人之見終始微言 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 4