靡 (mei5 mei4 | mi3 mi2) : collapse; not have; waste

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靡

mei5 mei4

mi3 mi2

[粵]mei5 [國]mi3
[1] [v] fall with wind; collapse
[2] [v] not have; be without
[3] [adj] excellent; gorgeous

[粵]mei4 [國]mi2
[v] waste; spend extravagantly

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Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#175)

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

靡

This word has been viewed 2851 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 3rd Oct 2008 01:42 and last edited on 21st Jan 2014 01:09

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風靡一時 fung1 mei5 jat1 si4 feng1 mi3 yi4 shi2 = to be fashionable for awhile; a fad

靡費 mei4 fai3 mi2 fei4 = to waste; to spend extravagantly

萎靡 wai2 mei5 wei3 mi3 = dispirited, depressed; to droop, to sag

靡靡之音 mei5 mei5 zi1 jam1 mi3 mi3 zhi1 yin1 = decadent music

鉅細靡遺 geoi6 sai3 mei5 wai4 ju4 xi4 mi3 yi2 = to not neglect even the smallest detail; to leave no detail undone; down to the last detail

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舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興㗎喇。粵
This type of toy was once very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.

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Decimal representation of this word: 靡
Unicode code for this character: U+9761 (off-site link)

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