彌 (nei4 mei4 | mi2) : full; overflowing; fill; cover; more

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彌

nei4 mei4

mi2

[1] [adj] full; overflowing; pervasive | [variant] 瀰
[2] [v] fill; cover; make up
[3] [adv] more; even more; still more

1. Jyutping nei4 is standard reading; mei4 is variant.
2. 弥 is the simplified form for both 彌 and 瀰 (see 現代漢語詞典 p.891).

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 弓 (#57)

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

彌 / 弥

This word has been viewed 7103 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Oct 2013 04:55

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彌敦道 nei4 deon1 dou6 mi2 dun1 dao4 = Nathan Road, Hong Kong

阿彌陀佛 o1 nei4 to4 fat6 e1 mi2 tuo2 fo2 = Amitabha Buddha

彌補 nei4 bou2 mi2 bu3 = to make complete; make up for a deficiency

彌賽亞 nei4 coi3 aa3 mi2 sai4 ya3 (Taiwan), mi2 sai4 ya4 (PRC) = Messiah

彌撒 nei4 saat3 mi2 sa5 = mass (liturgy)

彌撒用書 nei4 saat3 jung6 syu1 mi2 sa1 yong4 shu1 = a missal

彌月 nei4 jyut6*2 mi2 yue4 = the first full month after birth (i.e., entering the second month)

彌留 nei4 lau4 mi2 liu2 = to be seriously ill and about to die

彌天大罪 nei4 tin1 daai6 zeoi6 mi2 tian1 da4 zui4 = a monstrous crime, heinous crime

彌天大謊 nei4 tin1 daai6 fong2 mi2 tian1 da4 huang3 = a monstrous lie; a pack of lies

沙彌 saa1 nei4 = a male religious novice

彌天 nei4 tin1 mi2 tian1 = filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)

歷久彌新 lik6 gau2 nei4 san1 li4 jiu3 mi2 xin1 = to remain in a state of newness over a long period of time

欲蓋彌彰 juk6 koi3 nei4 zoeng1 yu4 gai4 mi2 zhang1 = the harder you try to conceal sth. the more obvious it becomes

彌撒曲 nei4 saat3 kuk1 mi2 sa1 qu3 = [music] Mass

彌渡 mei4 dou6 mi2 du4 = Midu (place in Yunnan)

彌勒 mei4 lak6 mi2 le4 = Mile (place in Yunnan)

彌陀鄉 mei4 to4 hoeng1 mi2 tuo2 xiang1 = Mito (village in Taiwan)

彌勒菩薩 mei4 lak6 pou4 saat3 mi2 le4 pu2 sa4 = Maitreya Bodhisattva

安魂彌撒 on1 wan4 nei4 saat3 an1 hun2 mi2 sa5 = Requiem

彌漫 nei4 maan6 mi2 man4 = of fog, smoke or dust to permeate the air; be present everywhere; inundate with water

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