HSK 6 · Adjectives

无微不至 wúwēibúzhì “in every possible way” in Chinese

Traditional 無微不至

What 无微不至 means

  1. in every possible way
  2. meticulously (caring)
  3. in every possible way (idiom)
  4. meticulous

How to say 无微不至

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale不bú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale至zhì4th tone, falling

Tone change. 不 is bù on its own. Before a fourth tone it changes to bú, and textbooks write that change in, as here. How tone changes work

无微不至 in a sentence

  1. 妈妈对我们照顾得无微不至。

    Māma duì wǒmen zhàogu de wúwēibúzhì.

    Mum looks after us in every possible way.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 护士无微不至地照顾病人。

    Hùshi wúwēibúzhì de zhàogu bìngrén.

    The nurses care for the patients with great attention.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 无微不至 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 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
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 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not sobú in 无微不至

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 至 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
至zhìto arrive
  • 一one · yī
  • 厶private · sī
  • 土earth · tǔ

How to write 无微不至

无 4 strokes · 微 13 strokes · 不 4 strokes · 至 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 无微不至

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless

Words with 微

稍微shāowēi · a little bit微笑wēixiào · smile微观wēiguān · microscopic微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 至

甚至shènzhì · even至少zhìshǎo · at least至今zhìjīn · so far至于zhìyú · as for截至jiézhì · up to以至yǐzhì · to such an extent that

More words: Adjectives

无辜wúgū · innocent乌黑wūhēi · jet-black无能为力wúnéngwéilì · powerless无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless无知wúzhī · ignorant狭隘xiá'ài · narrow-minded现成xiànchéng · ready-made相等xiāngděng · equal

FAQs

无微不至 (wúwēibúzhì) means “in every possible way” or “meticulously (caring)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wúwēibúzhì: wú with a 2nd tone, then wēi with a 1st tone, then bú with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. 不 is bù on its own. Before a fourth tone it changes to bú, and textbooks write that change in, as here. 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, 无微不至 is written 無微不至. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuweibuzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无微不至 from the suggestions. Typing wuweibuzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无微不至 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.