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苗

miáo

sprouts; Miao nationality

Shadow
Strokes
9
Radical
艸
HSK
5
Tone
2

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我正在变苗条!

    Wǒ zhèng zài biàn miáo tiao

    I am getting slim!

  • 我接种了流感疫苗。

    Wǒ jiē zhòng le liú gǎn yì miáo

    I had a flu shot.

  • 说苗条比说瘦更有礼貌。

    Shuō miáo tiao bǐ shuō shòu gèng yǒu lǐ mào

    It's more polite to say thin than skinny.

  • 看完研究以后,我们其中大部分人论定疫苗是件好事。

    Kàn wán yán jiū yǐ hòu wǒ men qí zhōng dà bù fen rén lùn dìng yì miáo shì jiàn hǎo shì

    After looking at the research, most of us conclude that vaccines are a good thing.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 苗

  • 苗条miáo tiao 2–5(of a woman) slim; slender; graceful
  • 拔苗助长bá miáo zhù zhǎng 2–2–4–3to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
  • 疫苗yì miáo 4–2 vaccine
  • 苗miáo 2sprout
  • 苗头miáo tou 2–5first signs; development (of a situation)
  • 禾苗hé miáo 2–2 seedling (of rice or other grain)