弥 (mí): full, to fill, completely
弥 (mí) is a Chinese character meaning “full.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 弓 (semantic) and 尔 (phonetic). It ranks #1768 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 弥 bow. Its radical form 弓 (bow) appears in many related characters such as 弟 (dì, younger brother), 张 (zhāng, to open up), 强 (qiáng, stubborn).
Definitions
- full
- to fill
- completely
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 弥
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弥撒 | mí sa | (Catholic) Mass |
| 弥漫 | mí màn | to pervade |
| 弥赛亚 | mí sài yà | Messiah |
| 阿弥陀佛 | ē mí tuó fó | Amitabha Buddha |
| 弥留 | mí liú | seriously ill and about to die |
| 弥散 | mí sàn | to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc) |
| 弥足珍贵 | mí zú zhēn guì | extremely precious |
| 历久弥新 | lì jiǔ mí xīn | lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom) |
| 弥合 | mí hé | to cause a wound to close up and heal |
| 弥渡 | mí dù | Midu county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| 弥勒佛 | mí lè fó | Maitreya |
| 弥勒 | mí lè | Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha |
| 日久弥新 | rì jiǔ mí xīn | see 歷久彌新|历久弥新[li4 jiu3 mi2 xin1] |
| 弥留之际 | mí liú zhī jì | on one's deathbed |
| 笑口弥勒 | xiào kǒu mí lè | laughing Maitreya |
弥 appears in 38 compound words: 66 as the first character, 5 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 弥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
to attempt to cover up the truth but the truth becomes more apparent or further exposed
Example Sentences
学习弥字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí mí zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "羲" requires repeated practice to achieve neatness in writing.
卡塔尔、巴林等国传出爆炸声 烟雾弥漫空中
kǎ tǎ ěr , bā lín děng guó chuán chū bào zhà shēng yān wù mí màn kōng zhōng
Explosions were heard in Qatar, Bahrain and other countries, and smoke filled the air
子宫腺肌瘤怎么治最好?局限型比弥漫型更适合手术剔除吗
zǐ gōng xiàn jī liú zěn má zhì zuì hǎo ? jú xiàn xíng bǐ mí màn xíng gēng shì gě shǒu shù tī chú ma
How is adenofibroids best treated? Is the localized type more suitable for surgical removal than the diffuse type?
“弥赛亚”情结 别急着套蒋万安身上
mí sài yà qíng jié bié jí zhe tào 蒋 wàn ān shēn shàng
"Messiah" complex, don't rush to put it on Jiang Wan'an
云南弥勒发现2000多年前青铜工匠墓地_光明网
yún nán mí lè fā xiàn 2 0 0 0 duō nián qián qīng tóng gōng jiàng mù dì guāng míng wǎng
Yunnan Maitreya discovered a bronze craftsman cemetery more than 2,000 years ago_Guangming.com
...喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?出生后能通过干预弥补损伤吗
. . . hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? chū shēng hòu néng tōng guò gān yù mí bǔ sǔn shāng ma
... Does drinking alcohol affect the baby? Can the damage be compensated for by intervention after birth?
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 foggy forest.
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.
弥补永远不会太晚。
Míbǔ yǒngyuǎn bù huì tài wǎn.
It's never too late to make amends.
您必须弥补损失。
Nín bìxū míbǔ sǔnshī.
You must make up for the loss.
Character Family
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