HSK 6 · Verbs

眯 mī “to narrow one’s eyes” in Chinese

Traditional 瞇

What 眯 means

  1. to narrow one’s eyes
  2. to squint
  3. (dialect) to take a nap

How to say 眯

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale眯mī1st tone, high and level

眯 in a sentence

  1. 她笑眯眯的对我招手。

    Tā xiàomīmī de duì wǒ zhāoshǒu.

    She smiled warmly and waved to me.

    Sentence #10871952 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 眯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 眯 (mī) with each of its parts in a different colour
眯mīto narrow one’s eyes
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 米rice · mǐSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 米 (mǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mī.

How to write 眯

眯 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

眯 (mī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 眯 (mī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 眯

More words: Common Verbs

埋没máimò · to bury埋葬máizàng · to bury (the dead)蔓延mànyán · to spread冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at弥补míbǔ · to make up for密封mìfēng · to seal up弥漫mímàn · to fill the air

FAQs

眯 (mī) means “to narrow one’s eyes” or “to squint”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mī: mī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 眯 is written 瞇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 眯 from the suggestions. Typing mi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
眯 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.