绵 (綿) mián

1. mián noun silk down
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '綿'; Kroll 2015 '綿' 1, p. 305; XHZD '绵' 1, p. 502)
2. mián noun fine thread
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '綿' n 1; Kroll 2015 '綿' 2, p. 305)
3. mián adjective soft
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '綿'; Guoyu '綿' adj; Kroll 2015 '綿' 1a, p. 305; Unihan '綿'; XHZD '绵' 2, p. 502)
4. mián noun cotton wadding
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '綿' 1, p. 305; Unihan '綿')
5. mián noun wool
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '綿')
6. mián adjective tangled
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '綿' 3, p. 305)
7. mián adverb continuously; uninterupted
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 连绵 (CC-CEDICT '綿'; Guoyu '綿' adv 1)
8. mián adverb fine; detailed
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 绵密 (Guoyu '綿' adv 2)
9. mián proper noun Mian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '綿' n 4)

Contained in

• 绵里藏针(綿裡藏針) a needle concealed in silk floss; ruthless character behind a gentle appearance; a wolf in sheep's clothing
• 绵薄(綿薄) my humble effort; my meager contribution (humble)
• 缠绵(纏綿) touching (emotions); lingering (illness)
• 绵密(綿密) detailed; meticulous; fine and careful
• 丝绵(絲綿) silk floss; down
• 绵绵不绝(綿綿不絕) continuous; endless
• 柳绵(柳綿) catkin
• 绵远(綿遠) remote
• 绵子(綿子) silk floss
• 绵亘(綿亙) to stretch in an unbroken chain (especially of mountains)
• 绵延(綿延) to be continuous; to stretch
• 石绵(石綿) asbestos
• 撏绵扯絮(撏綿扯絮) pulling down and cotton wool; snow flying in the air
• 连绵(連綿) to continue uninterrupted
• 绵力(綿力) one's limited power
• 绵惙(綿惙) critically ill
• 绵绸(綿綢) rough-textured fabric of waste silk
• 海绵(海綿) sponge ; sponge
• 绵长(綿長) long and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive; prolonged
• 软绵绵(軟綿綿) soft; velvety; flabby; weak; schmaltzy
• 绵羊 sheep ; sheep
• 联绵(聯綿) to continue uninterrupted
• 绵邈(綿邈) far back in time; faraway; remote
• 延绵(延綿) to extend continuously
• 绵连(綿連) continuous; uninterrupted
• 联绵词(聯綿詞) two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme
• 绵白糖(綿白糖) powdered sugar
• 缠绵不已(纏綿不已) to cling without letting go; to pester without end; to cling lovingly to each other
• 绵絮(綿絮) soft cotton
• 绵绵不断(綿綿不斷) an unending stream
• 牛海绵状脑病(牛海綿狀腦病) bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE; mad cow disease
• 福寿绵长(福壽綿長) good luck and long life
• 海绵体(海綿體) erectile tissue (genital); corpus cavernosum
• 海绵状(海綿狀) spongy
• 缠绵悱恻(纏綿悱惻) (of a person) sad beyond words; (of music, literature etc) poignant; very sentimental
• 绵绵(綿綿) continuous; uninterrupted
• 连绵不断(連綿不斷) continuously without interuption

Also contained in

绵阳市 、 海绵宝宝 、 绵阳 、 绵竹市 、 绵阳地区 、 绵竹县 、 绵竹

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• 卷五十八　志第三十九:　百官四 符制 印製 鐵券 官誥 百官俸給 Volume 58 Treatises 39: Official Posts 4 - Counting Systems, Printing, Iron Certificates, Official Proclamations, Official Salaries History of Jin 金史 — count: 94
• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 83
• 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 53
• 卷八十九　志第三十九: 　百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 卷八十九 志第四十二 地理五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Geography 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 20
• 卷78 孫紹 張普惠 Volume 78: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 16
• 卷四十　　　　　志第三十　　　地理四 Volume 40 Treatises 34: Gepgraphy 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 11
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10

Collocations

• 绵绢 (綿絹) 又收租税绵绢 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十二 魏書十二 崔毛徐何邢鮑司馬傳 Volume 12: Book of Wei 12 - Biographies of Cui, Mao, Xu, He, Xing, and Sima — count: 14
• 绵上 (綿上) 以綿上為之田 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 绵地 (綿地) 綿地千里 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 绵驹 (綿駒) 綿駒處於高唐 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 4
• 作绵 (作綿) 作綿布 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十五 東夷列傳 Volume 85: Treatise on the Dongyi — count: 4
• 绵上山 (綿上山) 聞其入綿上山中 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 4
• 绵帛 (綿帛) 河東太守王邑奉獻綿帛 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 4
• 绵挛 (綿攣) 毋綿攣以涬己兮 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 3
• 绵曼 (綿曼) 非能具綈綿曼帛溫煖於身也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
• 绵布 (綿布) 作綿布 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十五 東夷列傳 Volume 85: Treatise on the Dongyi — count: 3