敏 (mǐn): (bound form) quick, nimble, agile, (bound form) quick-witted, smart
敏 (mǐn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) quick.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 每 (phonetic) and 攵 (semantic). It ranks #1427 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 敏 strike. Its radical form 攵 (rap) appears in many related characters such as 放 (fàng, to put, to release), 教 (jiào, (bound form) to teach), 收 (shōu, to receive).
Definitions
- (bound form) quick
- nimble
- agile
- (bound form) quick-witted
- smart
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 敏
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敏锐adjective | mǐn ruì | keen |
| 敏捷adjective | mǐn jié | nimble |
| 灵敏adjective | líng mǐn | smart |
| 机敏adjective | jī mǐn | agility |
| 过敏性adjective | guò mǐn xìng | hypersensitive |
| 灵敏度 | líng mǐn dù | (level of) sensitivity |
| 聪敏adjective | cōng mǐn | bright |
| 过敏原noun | guò mǐn yuán | allergen |
| 脱敏verb | tuō mǐn | to desensitize |
| 过敏性反应noun | guò mǐn xìng fǎn yìng | allergic reaction |
| 神经过敏adjective | shén jīng guò mǐn | jumpy |
| 过敏反应noun | guò mǐn fǎn yìng | allergic reaction |
| 威斯敏斯特教堂 | wēi sī mǐn sī tè jiào táng | Westminster Abbey, London |
| 过敏性休克noun | guò mǐn xìng xiū kè | anaphylactic shock |
| 敏感性noun | mǐn gǎn xìng | sensitive |
敏 appears in 35 compound words: 11 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 49 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 敏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他对市场变化非常敏感，总能抓住商机。
Tā duì shìchǎng biànhuà fēicháng mǐngǎn, zǒng néng zhuāzhù shāngjī.
He is very sensitive to market changes and can always seize business opportunities.
孕期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?不同孕周敏感度一样吗
yùn qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? bù tóng yùn zhōu mǐn gǎn dù yī yàng ma
Does drinking alcohol during pregnancy affect the baby? Is sensitivity the same at different gestational ages?
敏感時刻...習近平致電金正恩 鞏固中朝關...
mǐn gǎn 時 kè . . . 習 jìn píng zhì 電 jīn zhèng ēn 鞏 gù zhōng cháo 關 . . .
At a sensitive moment... Xi Jinping telephoned Kim Jong Un to consolidate China-North Korea relations...
敏感時刻 習致電金正恩 鞏固中朝關係
mǐn gǎn 時 kè 習 zhì 電 jīn zhèng ēn 鞏 gù zhōng cháo 關 係
At a sensitive juncture, Xi calls Kim Jong Un to consolidate China-North Korea relations
初一忌扫地予适度宽容 倪可敏吁燃放烟花后自发清理
chū yī jì sǎo dì yú shì dù kuān róng 倪 kě mǐn xū rán fàng yān huā hòu zì fā qīng lǐ
First-day-of-the-year sweeping taboo calls for reasonable tolerance; Nik Kok Min urges voluntary cleanup after fireworks displays.
年初八拜天公是否可燃放爆竹 胡栋强促倪可敏交代
nián chū bā bài tiān gōng shì fǒu kě rán fàng bào zhú hú dòng qiáng cù 倪 kě mǐn jiāo dài
Whether firecrackers can be set off to worship the God of Heaven on the 8th day of the Lunar New Year.
盲人的耳朵通常十分灵敏。
Mángrén de ěrduo tōngcháng shífēn língmǐn.
A blind person's hearing is often very acute.
他对室内灰尘过敏。
Tā duì shìnèi huīchén guòmǐn.
He is allergic to house dust.
汤姆站在威斯敏斯特地铁站的站台上。
Tāngmǔ zhàn zài Wēisīmǐnsītè dìtiězhàn de zhàntái shàng.
Tom stood on the platform in Westminster Underground Station.
我知道汤姆对蜜蜂过敏。
Wǒ zhīdào Tāngmǔ duì mìfēng guòmǐn.
I know Tom is allergic to bees.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 攵 (strike) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced mǐn
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