蔑 (miè): to belittle, nothing, defiled with blood
蔑 (miè) is a Chinese character meaning “to belittle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural), 罒 (structural) and 戍 (structural). It ranks #2469 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to belittle
- nothing
- defiled with blood
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔑视 | miè shì | to loathe |
| 轻蔑 | qīng miè | scornful |
| 诬蔑 | wū miè | variant of 誣衊|诬蔑 |
| 污蔑 | wū miè | variant of 污衊|污蔑 |
| 侮蔑 | wǔ miè | contempt |
| 蔑称 | miè chēng | contemptuous term |
蔑 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 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 蔑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习蔑字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí miè zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "蔑" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
羽根田因此在最初表示蔑视，认为东丽公司不应参与与苹果公司的业务合作。
yǔ gēn tián yīn cǐ zài zuì chū biǎo shì miè shì , rèn wéi dōng lí gōng sī bù yīng cān yǔ yǔ píng guǒ gōng sī de yè wù gě zuò .
Haneda therefore initially expressed disdain, believing that Toray should not engage in business cooperation with Apple.
文化观察：姑蔑国，是什么国？
wén huà guàn chá : gū miè guó , shì shén má guó ?
Cultural Observation: What Kind of Country Was the Kingdom of Gumei?
你蔑视了目睹你罪行的仙女们，也蔑视了我を这位强大的潘神。
Nǐ mièshì le mùdǔ nǐ zuìxíng de xiānnǚ men, yě mièshì le wǒ を zhèwèi qiángdà de Pān shén.
You scorned both the Nymphs, who beheld your deeds, and me the mighty Pan.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced miè
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