微
妙

Subtle in Chinese: 微妙 (wēi miào)

wēi miào

subtle

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1subtle

Stroke order

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微
妙

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄟ

wēi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄇㄧㄠˋ

miào

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 微妙 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他们之间的关系很微妙。

    tā men zhī jiān de guān xì hěn wēi miào。

    The relationship between them is very subtle.

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Related words

妙

miào

clever

稍微

shāo wēi

a little bit

巧妙

qiǎo miào

ingenious

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

微信

wēi xìn

Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯)

微博

wēi bó

microblogging

奇妙

qí miào

fantastic

略微

lüè wēi

a little bit

精妙

jīng miào

exquisite

美妙

měi miào

beautiful

轻微

qīng wēi

slight

微观

wēi guān

micro-

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