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
- 细微末节(細微末節) tiny insignificant details; niceties
- 微不足道 too insignificant to mention
- 中微子 neutrino (particle physics)
- 微调(微調) fine tuning; trimming
- 微生物学家(微生物學家) microbiologist
- 甚微 very small; very little; scant; minimal
- 微整形 non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
- 微型 miniature; micro-; tiny
- 识微见几(識微見幾) see a tiny bit and understand everything
- 微型封装块(微型封裝塊) microcapsule
- 微扰论(微擾論) perturbation theory
- 微漠 faint (almost inaudible or invisible)
- 微型小说(微型小說) flash fiction
- 微丝(微絲) microfilament
- 微粒体(微粒體) microsome
- 微量 minute; micro-; trace
- 微波天线(微波天線) microwave antenna
- 微细加工(微細加工) microminiature technology
- 微静脉(微靜脈) capillary vein
- 微凹黄檀(微凹黃檀) cocobolo; Nicaraguan Rosewood
- 微醺 tipsy
- 察微知著 to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
- 微型贷款(微型貸款) microcredit
- 显微(顯微) micro-; microscopic; to make the minute visible
- 隐微(隱微) faint
- 理微妙 a subtle and wonderful princple
- 微明 twilight
- 无微不至(無微不至) to take care of everything for somebody
- 白璧微瑕 a slight blemish
- 悬浮微粒(懸浮微粒) particulates; particulate matter
- 微中子 neutrino (particle physics)
- 颔首微笑(頷首微笑) to nod and smile
- 微雨 gentle rain
- 微积分(微積分) calculus; differentiation and integration; calculus of infinitesimals and integrals
- 一线微光(一線微光) gleam
- 微商 derivative
- 微处理机(微處理機) microprocessor
- 微分几何(微分幾何) differential geometry
- 微薄 small in amount; meager ; lowly and mean
- 家世寒微 to be of humble origin
- 微晶片 microchip
- 视微知着(視微知著) one tiny clue reveals the general trend; small beginnings show how things will develop
- 慎小谨微(慎小謹微) cautious of minor details and subtle points
- 微观经济(微觀经济) micro-economic
- 衰微 to decline; to wane; to weaken
- 微粒 a speck; a particle
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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
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 24
- 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
- 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
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 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
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
- 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
- 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