HSK 6 · Verbs

弥漫 mímàn “to fill the air” in Chinese

Traditional 彌漫

What 弥漫 means

  1. to fill the air
  2. to permeate
  3. to pervade
  4. diffuse
  5. everywhere present
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • about to inundate (water)
  • permeated by (smoke)

How to say 弥漫

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale弥mí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale漫màn4th tone, falling

弥漫 in a sentence

  1. 玫瑰的芬芳弥漫了整个房间。

    Méiguī de fēnfāng mímàn le zhěnggè fángjiān.

    The smell of roses filled the room.

    Sentence #1406855 from Tatoeba

  2. 她缓缓消失在雾气弥漫的森林中。

    Tā huǎnhuǎn xiāoshī zài wùqì mímàn de sēnlín zhōng.

    She slowly disappeared into the misty forest.

    Sentence #13556502 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 弥漫 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 弥 (mí) with each of its parts in a different colour
弥mífull
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 尔you · ěrSound part

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 尔 (ěr) hints at the sound. Compare it with mí.

The character 漫 (màn) with each of its parts in a different colour
漫mànfree
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 曼long · mànSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 曼 (màn) hints at the sound. Compare it with màn.

How to write 弥漫

弥 8 strokes · 漫 14 strokes

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

Words related to 弥漫

Words with 弥

弥补míbǔ · to make up for

Words with 漫

浪漫làngmàn · romantic漫长màncháng · very long漫画mànhuà · comic

More words: Common Verbs

眯mī · to narrow one’s eyes瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at弥补míbǔ · to make up for密封mìfēng · to seal up命名mìngmíng · to name磨合móhé · to break in抹杀mǒshā · to write off摸索mōsuǒ · to grope

FAQs

弥漫 (mímàn) means “to fill the air” or “to permeate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mímàn: mí with a 2nd tone, then màn with a 4th 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, 弥漫 is written 彌漫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type miman with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 弥漫 from the suggestions. Typing miman into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
弥漫 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.