迷 (mí): lost, fascinated
迷 (mí) is a Chinese character meaning “lost, fascinated.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 米 (phonetic). It ranks #1151 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 迷 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- lost, fascinated
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 迷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 迷人adjective | mí rén | fascinating | 6 |
| 迷路verb | mí lù | to lose the way | 5 |
| 球迷noun | qiú mí | fan (ball sports) | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昏迷verb | hūn mí | to lose consciousness |
| 迷失verb | mí shī | to get lost |
| 着迷verb | zháo mí | to be fascinated |
| 迷惑adjective | mí huo | to puzzle |
| 迷恋verb | mí liàn | to be infatuated with |
| 迷你adjective | mí nǐ | (loanword) mini- |
| 歌迷noun | gē mí | fan of a singer |
| 痴迷verb | chī mí | infatuated |
| 沉迷verb | chén mí | to be engrossed |
| 迷信verb | mí xìn | superstition |
| 迷茫adjective | mí máng | vast and indistinct |
| 迷宫noun | mí gōng | maze |
| 迷住verb | mí zhu | to fascinate |
| 迷糊adjective | mí hu | muddle-headed |
| 迷幻药noun | mí huàn yào | hallucinogen |
迷 appears in 100 compound words: 59 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 14 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 迷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
mad about money; greedy to such an extent that one's rationality is obstructed
to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something
to become aware of one's errors and turn back from one's wrong path; to realize one's mistakes and correct oneself
to wilfully persist in going about things the wrong way; to refuse to realise one's error
to become aware of one's errors and turn back from one's wrong path; to realize one's mistakes and correct oneself
mad about money; greedy to such an extent that one's rationality is obstructed
to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 迷.
Example Sentences
他在森林里迷路了，幸好手机有信号可以求救。
Tā zài sēnlín lǐ mílù le, xìnghǎo shǒujī yǒu xìnhào kěyǐ qiújiù.
He got lost in the forest; fortunately, his phone had signal to call for help.
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. . . mǎ nián kāi jú rì yà jī jīn chéng dà yíng jiā ! gǎng měi gǔ xiàn dī mí jiàn hóng kào ne gè wán fǎ nì shì bǎo píng ān jiān wěn zhuàn
...] The Year of the Horse started with the Nichiya Fund becoming a big winner! Hong Kong and U.S. stocks are in a downturn and are in the red, relying on "this way of playing" to go against the market to ensure safety and make steady profits
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zhì liáo mí sī nán jiě . . . hǎn bìng S M A bìng rén yuē 4 fēn zhī 1 wèi jiē . . .
Treatment myths are hard to solve... About one-quarter of patients with rare SMA have not been contacted...
天水围货车疑越线撼拖头 司机一度被困半昏迷
tiān shuǐ wéi huò chē yí yuè xiàn hàn tuō tóu sī jī yī dù bèi kùn bàn hūn mí
Tin Shui Wai truck suspected of crossing the line and shaking the tractor, the driver was trapped in a semi-coma for a while
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zhēn xī shēng mìng xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 4 5 suì fù duò lóu hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
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他在森林中迷了路。
Tā zài sēnlín zhōng mí le lù.
He lost his way in the woods.
体育场挤满了棒球迷。
Tǐyùchǎng jǐmǎn le bàngqiúmí.
The stadium was flooded with baseball fans.
这种荒谬的迷信已不复存在了。
Zhèzhǒng huāngmiù de míxìn yǐ bù fù cúnzài le.
Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.
我被她甜美的声线迷倒了。
Wǒ bèi tā tiánměi de shēngxiàn mí dǎo le.
I was fascinated by her sweet voice.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
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