谬 (miù): (bound form) false, erroneous, absurd, mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)
谬 (miù) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) false.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 翏 (phonetic). It ranks #2316 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谬 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- (bound form) false
- erroneous
- absurd
- mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒谬 | huāng miù | absurd |
| 谬论 | miù lùn | misconception |
| 谬误 | miù wù | error |
| 荒谬绝伦 | huāng miù jué lún | absolutely ridiculous (idiom) |
| 谬种流传 | miù zhǒng liú chuán | to pass on errors or lies (idiom) |
| 失之毫厘，谬以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) |
| 差之毫厘，谬以千里 | chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) |
| 归谬法 | guī miù fǎ | reductio ad absurdum |
| 谬种 | miù zhǒng | error |
| 谬见 | miù jiàn | erroneous views |
| 差谬 | chà miù | error |
| 背谬 | bèi miù | variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4] |
| 荒谬无稽 | huāng miù wú jī | completely ridiculous and unfounded |
| 谬奖 | miù jiǎng | to overpraise |
| 悖谬 | bèi miù | absurd |
谬 appears in 18 compound words: 39 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 28 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 谬 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
谬传身教是最好的教育方式。
miù chuán shēn jiào shì zuì hǎo de jiào yù fāng shì .
Leading by example is the best form of education.
李逸洋感谢古屋圭司 痛批中国长臂管辖太荒谬
lǐ yì yáng gǎn xiè gǔ wū guī sī tòng pī zhōng guó cháng bì guǎn xiá tài huāng miù
总预算卡关213天 台政院批荒谬:两本预算都不审?
zǒng yù suàn kǎ guān 2 1 3 tiān tái zhèng yuàn pī huāng miù : liǎng běn yù suàn dōu bù shěn ?
美最高法院推翻对等关税 川普批荒谬愚蠢
měi zuì gāo fǎ yuàn tuī fān duì děng guān shuì chuān pǔ pī huāng miù yú chǔn
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the reciprocal tariffs, and Trump criticized the absurdity and stupidity
特朗普:任何国家如藉最高法院荒谬裁决耍花招 将面临更重关税
tè lǎng pǔ : rèn hé guó jiā rú 藉 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn huāng miù cái jué shuǎ huā zhāo jiāng miàn lín gēng chóng guān shuì
Trump: Any country that plays tricks with the absurd Supreme Court ruling will face heavier tariffs
...斯克提太空兴建资料中心 奥特曼再呛“很荒谬”
. . . sī kè tí tài kōng xīng jiàn zī liào zhōng xīn ào tè 曼 zài qiàng hěn huāng miù
... Scotti space construction data center Ultraman choked again "It's ridiculous"
失之毫厘，谬之千里。
Shī zhī háolí, miù zhī qiān lǐ.
Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.
这种荒谬的迷信已不复存在了。
Zhèzhǒng huāngmiù de míxìn yǐ bù fù cúnzài le.
Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.
这本书是匆匆忙忙地写的，所以有很多谬误。
Zhè běn shū shì cōngcōng-mángmáng de xiě de, suǒyǐ yǒu hěn duō miùwù.
Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors.
任何意见都是事实与谬误的混合体。
Rènhé yìjiàn dōu shì shìshí yǔ miùwù de hùnhétǐ.
Every opinion is a mixture of truth and error.
Character Family
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