腼 (miǎn): used in 靦腆|腼腆
腼 (miǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 靦腆|腼腆.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 面 (phonetic). It ranks #3101 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 腼 flesh. Its radical form ⺼ (⺼) appears in many related characters such as 肴 (yáo, cooked dishes), 腆 (tiǎn, make strong (as liquors)), 臀 (tún, buttocks).
Definitions
- used in 靦腆|腼腆
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
腼 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 腼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了腼字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le miǎn zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .
I looked up the detailed definition of the character "腼" in the dictionary.
我立刻热情邀请对方也来打卡,对方却腼腆摆手推辞。
wǒ lì kè rè qíng yāo qǐng duì fāng yě lái dǎ kǎ , duì fāng què miǎn tiǎn bǎi shǒu tuī cí .
I immediately and enthusiastically invited the other person to check in as well, but they shyly waved their hand to decline.
今年同样18岁的黄健宾,身形瘦小,性格腼腆,是本次锦标赛甲组障碍南狮冠军队伍的狮头。
jīn nián tóng yàng 1 8 suì de huáng jiàn bīn , shēn xíng shòu xiǎo , xìng gé miǎn tiǎn , shì běn cì jǐn biāo sài jiǎ zǔ zhàng ài nán shī guàn jūn duì wǔ de shī tóu .
Huang Jianbin, who is also 18 years old this year, is slight of build and shy by nature; he served as the lion head for the championship team in the Group A South Lion Obstacle event at this tournament.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced miǎn
Frequently Asked Questions
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