miǎo
Pinyin

Definition

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miǎo
  1. (of an expanse of water) vast
  2. distant and indistinct
  3. tiny or insignificant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

miǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 minute
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 negligible
  4. 4 insignificant
miǎo máng
  1. 1 uncertain
  2. 2 remote
  3. 3 distant and indistinct
  4. 4 vague
piāo miǎo
  1. 1 faintly discernible
  2. 2 as in a mist
hào miǎo
  1. 1 vast
  2. 2 extending into the distance
miǎo
  1. 1 (of an expanse of water) vast
  2. 2 distant and indistinct
  3. 3 tiny or insignificant

Idioms (2)

渺乎其微
miǎo hū qí wēi
  1. 1 remote and insignificant (idiom)
渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken

Sample Sentences

渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān
deserted
哎呀,你别随意臆造联系啦。这可是迷信。所谓的因果事件有些只不过是偶然。我是不信这些的。我觉得这些鬼神之说实在是太飘渺了。
āiyā ,nǐ bié suíyì yìzào liánxì la 。zhè kěshì míxìn 。suǒwèi de yīnguǒ shìjiàn yǒuxiē zhǐ bùguò shì ǒurán 。wǒ shì bùxìn zhèxiē de 。wǒ juéde zhèxiē guǐshén zhī shuō shízài shì tài misty le 。
Oh man, you shouldn't just make connections as you see fit. That's just superstition. Some of these so-called causes-and-effects are just random chance. I don't believe in this stuff. I think they don’t really exist.
挺好,你还挺有规划的。不像我,前途,爱情都很渺茫。
tǐng hǎo ,nǐ hái tǐng yǒu guīhuà de 。bù xiàng wǒ ,qiántú ,àiqíng dōu hěn miǎománg 。
Not bad. You've got your stuff pretty planned out. Not like me – my future , my relationships – they're all so up in the air.