"綿" meaning in Chinese

See 綿 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /mi̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /miːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /mi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /miɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /mieŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /mĩ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /biɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /mĩ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /biɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /mĩ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /biɛn¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /mĩ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /biɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /mĩ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /biɛn²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /miaŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /mieŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /mĩ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /mi̯ɛn³⁵/, /miːn²¹/, /mi̯en¹¹/, /miɛn¹¹/, /mieŋ⁵³/, /mĩ²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/, /mĩ²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/, /mĩ¹³/, /biɛn¹³/, /mĩ²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/, /mĩ²³/, /biɛn²³/, /miaŋ⁵⁵/, /mieŋ⁵⁵/, /mĩ⁵⁵/, /mi²³/ Chinese transliterations: mián [Mandarin, Pinyin], mian² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], min⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mièn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], miên² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mièng, mî [Hokkien, POJ], biân [Hokkien, POJ], miang⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], miêng⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], min⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶mi, mián [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mián [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mien² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], myán [Mandarin, Yale], mian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мянь [Mandarin, Palladius], mjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], min⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mìhn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], min⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], min⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], mièn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], mien^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], mian² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], mièng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], mî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], biân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], mii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], miâng [POJ, Teochew], miêng [POJ, Teochew], mîⁿ [POJ, Teochew], ⁶mi [Northern, Wu], mi^去 [Northern, Wu], ³mi [Northern, Wu], /mi²³/ [Northern, Wu], mjien [Middle-Chinese], /*men/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: , *緜
Etymology: Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 糸 + 帛 (“silk”). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意), {{Han compound|糸|帛|ls=ic|t2=silk}} Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 糸 + 帛 (“silk”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 綿
  1. silk floss
    Sense id: en-綿-zh-character-5DH7Sq46
  2. to continue; to be continuous
    Sense id: en-綿-zh-character-a~a0W5y-
  3. soft; weak
    Sense id: en-綿-zh-character-5YqbcbqL
  4. (dialectal, obsolete) to apply; to cover Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-綿-zh-character-~sll-w9l Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Eastern Min hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 15 0 40 24 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 17 11 0 51 21 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 20 11 0 51 19 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 5 2 0 81 12 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 5 2 0 81 12
  5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 棉 (mián, “cotton”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: (extra: mián, “cotton”)
    Sense id: en-綿-zh-character-CnDJj-Qu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 情意綿綿, 情意绵绵, 摘綿術, 摘绵术, 撏綿扯絮, 挦绵扯絮, 柳綿 (liǔmián), 柳绵 (liǔmián), 水綿 (shuǐmián), 水绵 (shuǐmián), 沉綿 (chénmián), 沉绵 (chénmián), 河綿, 河绵, 海綿 (hǎimián), 海绵 (hǎimián), 海綿刷, 海绵刷, 海綿動物, 海绵动物, 海綿田, 海绵田, 海綿蛋糕 (hǎimián dàngāo), 海绵蛋糕 (hǎimián dàngāo), 海綿鐵, 海绵铁, 海綿體 (hǎimiántǐ), 海绵体 (hǎimiántǐ), 瓜瓞綿綿, 瓜瓞绵绵, 病榻纏綿 (bìngtàchánmián), 病榻缠绵 (bìngtàchánmián), 石綿 (shímián), 石绵 (shímián), 礦綿, 矿绵, 福壽綿綿, 福寿绵绵, 福壽綿長, 福寿绵长, 綿上, 绵上, 綿亙 (miángèn), 绵亘 (miángèn), 綿力 (miánlì), 绵力 (miánlì), 綿力薄材, 绵力薄材, 綿子, 绵子, 綿密 (miánmì), 绵密 (miánmì), 綿密小巧, 绵密小巧, 綿山, 绵山, 綿延 (miányán), 绵延 (miányán), 綿延不絕, 绵延不绝, 綿延起伏, 绵延起伏, 綿弓, 绵弓, 綿惙, 绵惙, 綿歷, 绵历, 綿毛, 绵毛, 網水綿, 网水绵, 綿爛 (mî-nōa) [Min-Nan], 绵烂 (mî-nōa) [Min-Nan], 綿篤, 绵笃, 綿紙, 绵纸, 綿紬, 绵绸, 綿絮, 绵絮, 綿綢, 綿綴, 绵缀, 綿綿 (miánmián), 绵绵 (miánmián), 綿綿不息, 绵绵不息, 綿綿不斷, 绵绵不断, 綿綿瓜瓞, 绵绵瓜瓞, 綿纏, 绵缠, 綿羊 (miányáng), 绵羊 (miányáng), 綿聯 (miánlián), 绵联 (miánlián), 綿花嘴, 绵花嘴, 綿薄 (miánbó), 绵薄 (miánbó), 綿蠻 (miánmán), 绵蛮 (miánmán), 綿衣, 绵衣, 綿裡針, 绵里针, 綿裹秤鎚, 绵裹秤锤, 綿軟 (miánruǎn), 绵软 (miánruǎn), 綿邈, 绵邈, 綿長 (miáncháng), 绵长 (miáncháng), 綿陽 (Miányáng), 绵阳 (Miányáng), 綿頓, 绵顿, 纏綿 (chánmián), 缠绵 (chánmián), 纏綿悱惻 (chánmiánfěicè), 缠绵悱恻 (chánmiánfěicè), 聯綿字 (liánmiánzì), 联绵字 (liánmiánzì), 聯綿字典, 联绵字典, 聯綿對, 联绵对, 芊綿 (qiānmián), 芊绵 (qiānmián), 裡牽綿, 里牵绵, 軟綿綿 (ruǎnmiánmián), 软绵绵 (ruǎnmiánmián), 連綿 (liánmián), 连绵 (liánmián), 連綿不斷 (liánmiánbùduàn), 连绵不断 (liánmiánbùduàn), 連綿不絕, 连绵不绝, 連綿字 (liánmiánzì), 连绵字 (liánmiánzì), 連綿起伏, 连绵起伏
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "情意綿綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "情意绵绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "摘綿術"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "摘绵术"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "撏綿扯絮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "挦绵扯絮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liǔmián",
      "word": "柳綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liǔmián",
      "word": "柳绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuǐmián",
      "word": "水綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuǐmián",
      "word": "水绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chénmián",
      "word": "沉綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chénmián",
      "word": "沉绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "河綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "河绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hǎimián",
      "word": "海綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hǎimián",
      "word": "海绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海綿刷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海绵刷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海綿動物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海绵动物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海綿田"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海绵田"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hǎimián dàngāo",
      "word": "海綿蛋糕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hǎimián dàngāo",
      "word": "海绵蛋糕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海綿鐵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "海绵铁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hǎimiántǐ",
      "word": "海綿體"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hǎimiántǐ",
      "word": "海绵体"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "瓜瓞綿綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "瓜瓞绵绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìngtàchánmián",
      "word": "病榻纏綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìngtàchánmián",
      "word": "病榻缠绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shímián",
      "word": "石綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shímián",
      "word": "石绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "礦綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "矿绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "福壽綿綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "福寿绵绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "福壽綿長"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "福寿绵长"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿上"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵上"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miángèn",
      "word": "綿亙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miángèn",
      "word": "绵亘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánlì",
      "word": "綿力"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánlì",
      "word": "绵力"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿力薄材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵力薄材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánmì",
      "word": "綿密"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánmì",
      "word": "绵密"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿密小巧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵密小巧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿山"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵山"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miányán",
      "word": "綿延"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miányán",
      "word": "绵延"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿延不絕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵延不绝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿延起伏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵延起伏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿弓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵弓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿惙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵惙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿歷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵历"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿毛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵毛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "網水綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "网水绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mî-nōa",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "綿爛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mî-nōa",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "绵烂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿篤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵笃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿紙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵纸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿紬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵绸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿絮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵絮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿綢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿綴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵缀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánmián",
      "word": "綿綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánmián",
      "word": "绵绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿綿不息"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵绵不息"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿綿不斷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵绵不断"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿綿瓜瓞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵绵瓜瓞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿纏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵缠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miányáng",
      "word": "綿羊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miányáng",
      "word": "绵羊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánlián",
      "word": "綿聯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánlián",
      "word": "绵联"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿花嘴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵花嘴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánbó",
      "word": "綿薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánbó",
      "word": "绵薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánmán",
      "word": "綿蠻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánmán",
      "word": "绵蛮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿衣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵衣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿裡針"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵里针"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿裹秤鎚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵裹秤锤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánruǎn",
      "word": "綿軟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miánruǎn",
      "word": "绵软"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿邈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵邈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miáncháng",
      "word": "綿長"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miáncháng",
      "word": "绵长"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Miányáng",
      "word": "綿陽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Miányáng",
      "word": "绵阳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綿頓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绵顿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chánmián",
      "word": "纏綿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chánmián",
      "word": "缠绵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chánmiánfěicè",
      "word": "纏綿悱惻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chánmiánfěicè",
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          "english": "soft",
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          "english": "(my) meagre effort",
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          "roman": "miánlì",
          "text": "綿力",
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          "weak"
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          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
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        {
          "_dis": "20 11 0 51 19",
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          "name": "Eastern Min hanzi",
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        {
          "english": "Both mín and mián signify to apply—mín is used in the Qin region, and mián in Zhao. In Wu and Yue, mínmián refers to the act of taking off one's clothes and covering something with it.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "ref": " Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE",
          "roman": "Mín, mián, shī yě. Qín yuē mín, zhào yuē mián, wú, yuè zhījiān tuōyī xiàng bèi wèi zhī mínmián.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
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          "text": "緡、緜,施也。秦曰緡,趙曰緜,吴、越之間脱衣相被謂之緡緜。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Both mín and mián signify to apply—mín is used in the Qin region, and mián in Zhao. In Wu and Yue, mínmián refers to the act of taking off one's clothes and covering something with it.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE",
          "roman": "Mín, mián, shī yě. Qín yuē mín, zhào yuē mián, wú, yuè zhījiān tuōyī xiàng bèi wèi zhī mínmián.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "缗、绵,施也。秦曰缗,赵曰绵,吴、越之间脱衣相被谓之缗绵。",
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          "cover"
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        "dialectal",
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        "(obsolete) Alternative form of 棉 (mián, “cotton”)"
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      "zh-pron": "mián"
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mièng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶mi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "myán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mièng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶mi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mi^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³mi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/mi²³/"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
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      "zh-pron": "/*men/"
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    {
      "other": "/ miêng⁵ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ miêng⁵ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ miêng /"
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    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*men/"
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}
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      "word": "情意綿綿"
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    {
      "word": "情意绵绵"
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    {
      "word": "摘綿術"
    },
    {
      "word": "摘绵术"
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      "word": "撏綿扯絮"
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      "word": "挦绵扯絮"
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      "roman": "liǔmián",
      "word": "柳綿"
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      "roman": "shuǐmián",
      "word": "水綿"
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      "roman": "chénmián",
      "word": "沉綿"
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    {
      "roman": "chénmián",
      "word": "沉绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "河綿"
    },
    {
      "word": "河绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎimián",
      "word": "海綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎimián",
      "word": "海绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "海綿刷"
    },
    {
      "word": "海绵刷"
    },
    {
      "word": "海綿動物"
    },
    {
      "word": "海绵动物"
    },
    {
      "word": "海綿田"
    },
    {
      "word": "海绵田"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎimián dàngāo",
      "word": "海綿蛋糕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎimián dàngāo",
      "word": "海绵蛋糕"
    },
    {
      "word": "海綿鐵"
    },
    {
      "word": "海绵铁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎimiántǐ",
      "word": "海綿體"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎimiántǐ",
      "word": "海绵体"
    },
    {
      "word": "瓜瓞綿綿"
    },
    {
      "word": "瓜瓞绵绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìngtàchánmián",
      "word": "病榻纏綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìngtàchánmián",
      "word": "病榻缠绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shímián",
      "word": "石綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shímián",
      "word": "石绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "礦綿"
    },
    {
      "word": "矿绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "福壽綿綿"
    },
    {
      "word": "福寿绵绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "福壽綿長"
    },
    {
      "word": "福寿绵长"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿上"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miángèn",
      "word": "綿亙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miángèn",
      "word": "绵亘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánlì",
      "word": "綿力"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánlì",
      "word": "绵力"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿力薄材"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵力薄材"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿子"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánmì",
      "word": "綿密"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánmì",
      "word": "绵密"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿密小巧"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵密小巧"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿山"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵山"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miányán",
      "word": "綿延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miányán",
      "word": "绵延"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿延不絕"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵延不绝"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿延起伏"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵延起伏"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿惙"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵惙"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿歷"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵历"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿毛"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵毛"
    },
    {
      "word": "網水綿"
    },
    {
      "word": "网水绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mî-nōa",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "綿爛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mî-nōa",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "绵烂"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿篤"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵笃"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿紙"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵纸"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿紬"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵绸"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿絮"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵絮"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿綢"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿綴"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵缀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánmián",
      "word": "綿綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánmián",
      "word": "绵绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿綿不息"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵绵不息"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿綿不斷"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵绵不断"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿綿瓜瓞"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵绵瓜瓞"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿纏"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵缠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miányáng",
      "word": "綿羊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miányáng",
      "word": "绵羊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánlián",
      "word": "綿聯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánlián",
      "word": "绵联"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿花嘴"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵花嘴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánbó",
      "word": "綿薄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánbó",
      "word": "绵薄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánmán",
      "word": "綿蠻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánmán",
      "word": "绵蛮"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿衣"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵衣"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿裡針"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵里针"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿裹秤鎚"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵裹秤锤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánruǎn",
      "word": "綿軟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miánruǎn",
      "word": "绵软"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿邈"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵邈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáncháng",
      "word": "綿長"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáncháng",
      "word": "绵长"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Miányáng",
      "word": "綿陽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Miányáng",
      "word": "绵阳"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿頓"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵顿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánmián",
      "word": "纏綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánmián",
      "word": "缠绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánmiánfěicè",
      "word": "纏綿悱惻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánmiánfěicè",
      "word": "缠绵悱恻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmiánzì",
      "word": "聯綿字"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmiánzì",
      "word": "联绵字"
    },
    {
      "word": "聯綿字典"
    },
    {
      "word": "联绵字典"
    },
    {
      "word": "聯綿對"
    },
    {
      "word": "联绵对"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiānmián",
      "word": "芊綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiānmián",
      "word": "芊绵"
    },
    {
      "word": "裡牽綿"
    },
    {
      "word": "里牵绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnmiánmián",
      "word": "軟綿綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnmiánmián",
      "word": "软绵绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmián",
      "word": "連綿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmián",
      "word": "连绵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmiánbùduàn",
      "word": "連綿不斷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmiánbùduàn",
      "word": "连绵不断"
    },
    {
      "word": "連綿不絕"
    },
    {
      "word": "连绵不绝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmiánzì",
      "word": "連綿字"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liánmiánzì",
      "word": "连绵字"
    },
    {
      "word": "連綿起伏"
    },
    {
      "word": "连绵起伏"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "categorize"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
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      "name": "liushu"
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        "ls": "ic",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "绵",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*緜"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
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        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "silk floss",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "sīmián",
          "text": "絲綿",
          "type": "example"
        },
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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        }
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        [
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          "silk"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "english": "continuous",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "liánmián",
          "text": "連綿",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "continuous",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "liánmián",
          "text": "连绵",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to stretch in an unbroken chain",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "miángèn",
          "text": "綿亙",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to stretch in an unbroken chain",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "miángèn",
          "text": "绵亘",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to continue; to be continuous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continue",
          "continue"
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        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "soft",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "miánruǎn",
          "text": "綿軟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "soft",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "miánruǎn",
          "text": "绵软",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(my) meagre effort",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "miánlì",
          "text": "綿力",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(my) meagre effort",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "miánlì",
          "text": "绵力",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "soft; weak"
      ],
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        [
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          "soft"
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        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese dialectal terms",
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Both mín and mián signify to apply—mín is used in the Qin region, and mián in Zhao. In Wu and Yue, mínmián refers to the act of taking off one's clothes and covering something with it.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE",
          "roman": "Mín, mián, shī yě. Qín yuē mín, zhào yuē mián, wú, yuè zhījiān tuōyī xiàng bèi wèi zhī mínmián.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "緡、緜,施也。秦曰緡,趙曰緜,吴、越之間脱衣相被謂之緡緜。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Both mín and mián signify to apply—mín is used in the Qin region, and mián in Zhao. In Wu and Yue, mínmián refers to the act of taking off one's clothes and covering something with it.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE",
          "roman": "Mín, mián, shī yě. Qín yuē mín, zhào yuē mián, wú, yuè zhījiān tuōyī xiàng bèi wèi zhī mínmián.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "缗、绵,施也。秦曰缗,赵曰绵,吴、越之间脱衣相被谓之缗绵。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to apply; to cover"
      ],
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        [
          "apply",
          "apply"
        ],
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, obsolete) to apply; to cover"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "mián, “cotton”",
          "word": "棉"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 棉 (mián, “cotton”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "棉",
          "棉#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "cotton",
          "cotton"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Alternative form of 棉 (mián, “cotton”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miên²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mièng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miang⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶mi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "myán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mièng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶mi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mi^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³mi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/mi²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*men/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ miêng⁵ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɛn²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ miêng⁵ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ miêng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mieŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*men/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "綿"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 綿 meaning in Chinese (13.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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