缅 (miǎn): Myanmar (formerly Burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸), distant, remote
缅 (miǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “myanmar (formerly burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 面 (phonetic). It ranks #2546 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 缅 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lěi, to accumulate), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- Myanmar (formerly Burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸)
- distant
- remote
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缅甸 | miǎn diàn | Myanmar (or Burma) |
| 缅怀 | miǎn huái | to commemorate |
| 缅因 | miǎn yīn | Maine, US state |
| 东缅高原 | dōng miǎn gāo yuán | Eastern Myanmar plateau |
| 沙加缅度 | shā jiā miǎn duó | Sacramento |
| 缅文 | miǎn wén | Burmese (language, esp. written) |
| 缅元 | miǎn yuán | kyat, currency of Myanmar |
| 印缅褐头雀鹛 | yìn miǎn hè tóu què méi | (bird species of China) manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis) |
| 印缅斑嘴鸭 | yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā | (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) |
| 缅甸联邦 | miǎn diàn lián bāng | Union of Myanmar, official name of Burma 1998-2010 |
| 缅甸语 | miǎn diàn yǔ | Burmese (language of Myanmar) |
| 缅邈 | miǎn miǎo | far |
缅 appears in 12 compound words: 67 as the first character, 0 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 缅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
缅字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
miǎn zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The writing of the Burmese character is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
暨大缅甸特辅班114学年度上路 接收台师大14...
jì dà miǎn diàn tè fǔ bān 1 1 4 xué nián dù shàng lù jiē shōu tái shī dà 1 4 . . .
The 114th academic year of the special auxiliary class of the University of Myanmar is on the road and receives the 14th National Taiwan Normal University...
地震预警服务、缅甸地震救援等入选公众关注防震减灾十大工作...
dì zhèn yù jǐng fú wù , miǎn diàn dì zhèn jiù yuán děng rù xuǎn gōng zhòng guān zhù fáng zhèn jiǎn zāi shí dà gōng zuò . . .
Earthquake early warning services and Myanmar earthquake rescue were selected as the top ten tasks of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction that the public is concerned about...
台南市府办二二八和平追思会 吁缅怀历史珍惜民主自由
tái nán shì fǔ bàn èr èr bā hé píng zhuī sī huì xū miǎn huái lì shǐ zhēn xī mín zhǔ zì yóu
Tainan City Government held the 228 Peace Memorial Service to remember history and cherish democracy and freedom
最高法:缅北明家、白家两大犯罪集团被彻底摧毁
zuì gāo fǎ : miǎn běi míng jiā , bái jiā liǎng dà fàn zuì jí tuán bèi chè de cuī huǐ
Supreme People's Court: The two major criminal groups of the Ming family and the Bai family in northern Myanmar were completely destroyed
春节假期中缅边境瑞丽口岸出入境旅客逾11万人次
chūn jié jiǎ qī zhōng miǎn biān jìng ruì lí kǒu àn chū rù jìng lǚ kè yú 1 1 wàn rén cì
During the Spring Festival holiday, more than 110,000 passengers entered and exited the Ruili Port on the China-Myanmar border
缅甸反华情绪正在增长。
Miǎndiàn fǎn Huá qíngxù zhèngzài zēngzhǎng.
Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise in Myanmar.
泰国在北边接壤缅甸和老挝。
Tàiguó zài běibiān jiērǎng Miǎndiàn hé Lǎowō.
Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos.
Character Family
纟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the silk radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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