HSK 6 · Science

微观 wēiguān “microscopic” in Chinese

Traditional 微觀

What 微观 means

  1. microscopic
  2. micro-
  3. subatomic

How to say 微观

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale微wēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

微观 in a sentence

  1. 在微观世界里，一切都很小。

    Zài wēiguān shìjiè lǐ, yíqiè dōu hěn xiǎo.

    In the microscopic world, everything is tiny.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们不但要看大方向，也要关注微观的问题。

    Wǒmen búdàn yào kàn dà fāngxiàng, yě yào guānzhù wēiguān de wèntí.

    We need to look not only at the big picture but also at the details.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 微观 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 微 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
微wēitiny
  • 彳step · chì
  • 山mountain · shān
  • 兀weak · wù
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū
The character 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 微观

微 13 strokes · 观 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 微观

Words with 微

稍微shāowēi · a little bit微笑wēixiào · smile微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic客观kèguān · objective乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable

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FAQs

微观 (wēiguān) means “microscopic” or “micro-”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wēiguān: wēi with a 1st tone, then guān 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, 微观 is written 微觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 微观 from the suggestions. Typing weiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
微观 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.