= mi + Ø2
to waste (money)
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= mi + Ø3
extravagant / go with fashion / not
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How to pronounce 靡

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= mi initial

Mi is for Marilyn Monroe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
= mi initial

Mi is for Marilyn Monroe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

靡 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= m + a2
variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp
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= m + a2
surname Ma
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= m + a2
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
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fēi = f + ei1
abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
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fēi = f + ei1
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
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Characters with 靡 as component

= mi + Ø2
millet
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= m + o2
whittle
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= mi + Ø3
(used to describe flowing water)
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Words with 靡

to sweep everything before one / to be invincible (idiom)
(idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
fashionable / popular

Sentences with 靡

靡 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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