妙 (miu6 | miao4) : wonderful; ingenious

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妙

miu6

miao4

[1] wonderful; excellent; fantastic
[2] ingenious; subtle; intriguing

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

妙

This word has been viewed 7749 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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奇妙 kei4 miu6 qi2 miao4 = wonderful; fantastic

巧妙 haau2 miu6 qiao3 miao4 = clever; ingenious

不妙 bat1 miu6 bu4*2 miao4 = not too encouraging, far from good 國

妙品 miu6 ban2 = an excellent article; a masterpiece; a fine work of art

妙想 miu6 soeng2 = strange notions

妙想天開 miu6 soeng2 tin1 hoi1 = (having) some unheard-of, fantastic, idea

微妙 mei4 miu6 wei1 miao4 = subtle

莫名其妙 mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6 mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4 = mysterious; without reason

妙手 miu6 sau2 = skillful at anything involving the hands

奧妙 ou3 miu6 ao4 miao4 = marvelous, mysterious

奇妙無比 kei4 miu6 mou4 bei2 qi2 miao4 wu2 bi3 = wonderful; intriguing

絕妙 zyut6 miu6 jue2 miao4 = extremely clever; ingenious; excellent; perfect

妙齡少女 miu6 ling4 siu3 neoi5 miao4 ling2 shao4 nv3 = rosebud; subdeb; subdebutante (lit., "nubile maiden")

蹺妙 kiu2 miu6 = ingenious, marvelous 粵

玄妙 jyun4 miu6 xuan2 miao4 = esoteric; mysterious

美妙 mei5 miu6 mei3 miao4 = beautiful or marvelous (when describing a work of art)

妙語連珠 miu6 jyu5 lin4 zyu1 miao4 yu3 lian2 zhu1 = make witty remarks one after another

妙計 miu6 gai3 miao4 ji4 = excellent plan, brilliant scheme

妙不可言 miu6 bat1 ho2 jin4 miao4 bu4 ke3 yan2 = indescribably wonderful, brilliant, extraordinary

大事不妙 daai6 si6 bat1 miu6 da4 shi4 bu4 miao4 = sth. is seriously wrong; be in big trouble

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 妙
Unicode code for this character: U+5999 (off-site link)

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