冕 (miǎn): crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations, imperial crown
冕 (miǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (structural) and 免 (phonetic). It ranks #2874 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 冕 crown. Its radical form 冂 (wide) appears in many related characters such as 再 (zài, again), 冒 (mào, to emit), 内 (nèi, inside).
Definitions
- crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations
- imperial crown
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加冕verb | jiā miǎn | to crown |
| 卫冕verb | wèi miǎn | to defend the crown (in sports championship) |
| 冠冕堂皇phrase | guān miǎn táng huáng | high-sounding |
| 冠冕noun | guān miǎn | royal crown |
| 日冕 | rì miǎn | corona |
| 日冕层 | rì miǎn céng | the sun's corona |
| 南冕座 | nán miǎn zuò | Corona Australis (constellation) |
| 北冕座proper-noun | běi miǎn zuò | Corona Borealis (constellation) |
| 冕宁县 | miǎn níng xiàn | Mianning, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan |
| 冕宁proper-noun | miǎn níng | see 冕寧縣|冕宁县 |
| 冕冠noun | miǎn guān | see 冕 |
| 暗冕鹪莺 | àn miǎn jiāo yīng | (bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens) |
| 冕柳莺 | miǎn liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) |
| 冕雀 | miǎn què | (bird species of China) sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) |
| 轩冕 | xuān miǎn | (literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official) |
冕 appears in 15 compound words: 33 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 33 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 冕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
本届亚运会女子10米气手枪团体决赛,她与沈奕瑶、姚千寻配合默契,帮助中国队成功卫冕。
běn jiè yà yùn huì nǚ zǐ 1 0 mǐ qì shǒu qiāng tuán tǐ jué sài , tā yǔ shěn yì yáo , yáo qiān xún pèi hé mò qì , bāng zhù zhōng guó duì chéng gōng wèi miǎn .
In the women’s 10-meter air pistol team final at this year’s Asian Games, she worked seamlessly with Shen Yiyao and Yao Qianxun to help the Chinese team successfully defend its title.
男单决赛中,中国选手林诗栋以4:0战胜队友、卫冕冠军王楚钦,首次夺得亚运会男单冠军。
nán dān jué sài zhōng , zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu lín shī dòng yǐ 4 : 0 zhàn shèng duì yǒu , wèi miǎn guàn jūn wáng chǔ qīn , shǒu cì duó dé yà yùn huì nán dān guàn jūn .
In the men's singles final, China's Lin Shidong defeated his teammate and defending champion Wang Chuqin 4–0 to claim his first Asian Games men's singles title.
男单决赛中,林诗栋以4:0战胜卫冕冠军王楚钦,首次夺得亚运会男单冠军。
nán dān jué sài zhōng , lín shī dòng yǐ 4 : 0 zhàn shèng wèi miǎn guàn jūn wáng chǔ qīn , shǒu cì duó dé yà yùn huì nán dān guàn jūn .
In the men’s singles final, Lin Shidong defeated defending champion Wang Chuqin 4–0 to claim his first Asian Games men’s singles title.
女单决赛在两位中国选手之间展开,王曼昱战胜卫冕冠军孙颖莎,夺得冠军。
nǚ dān jué sài zài liǎng wèi zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu zhī jiān zhǎn kāi , wáng màn 昱 zhàn shèng wèi miǎn guàn jūn sūn yǐng shā , duó dé guàn jūn .
The women’s singles final was an all-Chinese matchup, with Wang Manyu defeating defending champion Sun Yingsha to claim the title.
卫冕冠军葛曼棋因伤无缘决赛,中国队的夺金重任落在这名短跑新星肩上。
wèi miǎn guàn jūn gě màn qí yīn shāng wú yuán jué sài , zhōng guó duì de duó jīn chóng rèn luò zài zhè míng duǎn pǎo xīn xīng jiān shàng .
Defending champion Ge Manqi was forced to sit out the final due to injury, leaving the burden of winning gold for the Chinese team on the shoulders of this rising sprint star.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced miǎn
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