微
wēi
Pinyin

Definition

微
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wēi
  1. tiny
  2. miniature
  3. slightly
  4. profound
  5. abtruse
  6. to decline
  7. one millionth part of
  8. micro-
  9. Taiwan pr. [wéi]
微
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Wēi
  1. surname Wei
  2. ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. Taiwan pr. [Wéi]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

薇
wēi
  1. 1 Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [wéi]

Related Words (20)

微
Wēi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
卑微
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
微信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Téng xùn])
微博
wēi bó
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog

Idioms (13)

人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
  1. 1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
微乎其微
wēi hū qí wēi
  1. 1 a tiny bit
  2. 2 very little
  3. 3 next to nothing (idiom)
渺乎其微
miǎo hū qí wēi
  1. 1 remote and insignificant (idiom)

Sample Sentences

她要她的白马王子眼睛大，眉毛浓，头发微微自然卷，个子还要高，最重要的是要有钱，要能常常买新衣服，买她想要的东西给她。
tā yào tā de báimǎwángzǐ yǎnjing dà ，méimao nóng ，tóufa wēiwēi zìrán juǎn ，gèzi hái yào gāo ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǒuqián ，yào néng chángcháng mǎi Xīn yīfu ，mǎi tā xiǎngyào de dōngxi gěi tā 。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
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他负责在微博上发布文章。
tā fùzé zài wēibó shàng fābù wénzhāng 。
He is responsible for publishing articles on Weibo.
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比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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叔叔和婶婶是在微博上认识的，他们觉得这样的相遇过程非常地难得，所以特别珍惜对方。
shūshu hé shěnshen shì zài wēibó shàng rènshi de ，tāmen juéde zhèyàng de xiāngyù guòchéng fēicháng de nándé ，suǒyǐ tèbié zhēnxī duìfāng 。
My uncle and aunt met on Weibo. They think that it's rare to meet each other in this way, so they really cherish each other.
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这是我的微信号。
zhè shì wǒ de wēixìnhào 。
This is my Wechat ID.
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秦宇终于松了一口气，原来是个乌龙，只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字，聊了几句，原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧，同时也是个古董控，一个月前去了上海玩，在上海看了几场话剧，还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信，但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了，暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ，yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ，zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ，liáo le jǐ jù ，yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ，tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ，yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ，zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ，hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ，dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ，zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
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女孩眼眶湿湿的，努力地微笑着跟他说：”我已经多待了两天了。”
nǚhái yǎnkuàng shī shī de ，nǔlì de wēixiào zhe gēn tā shuō ：”wǒ yǐjīng duō dài le liǎng tiān le 。”
The girl's eyes were watering, and she tried to smile and said, "I have overstayed for two days."
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女孩儿微笑。
nǚháiēr wēixiào 。
The girl smiled.
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现在我是心有余而力不足了，稍微熬一点儿夜，第二天就忍不住打盹儿。
xiànzài wǒ shì xīnyǒuyúérlìbùzú le ，shāowēi áo yīdiǎnr yè ，dìèrtiān jiù rěnbuzhù dǎdǔnr 。
Now I’ve the will but not the energy and a few late nights and the next day I can’t help snoring.
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女孩儿每次点完咖啡，就站在柜台前面，不发一语地看着秦宇制作她的咖啡，只有从秦宇手中接过咖啡时，才报以一个浅浅的微笑和一句谢谢，随即就离开了。
nǚháiēr měicì diǎn wán kāfēi ，jiù zhàn zài guìtái qiánmiàn ，bùfāyìyǔ de kàn zhe qínyǔ zhìzuò tā de kāfēi ，zhǐ yǒu cóng qínyǔ shǒu zhōng jiēguò kāfēi shí ，cái bàoyǐ yīgē qiǎnqiǎn de wēixiào hé yījù xièxie ，suíjí jiù líkāi le 。
Every time after ordering her coffee, she would stand in front of the counter and watch QinYu making her coffee silently. Only when she took her coffee from QinYu, she would give him a little smile and a “thank you”. Then she would leave the shop.
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