微U+5FAE13 STROKES
Entry·pron. wéi
ㄨㄟˊ
“Tiny; miniature; slight; subtle; profound; abstruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro- prefix; also a surname.”
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- 微笑ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋto smile; a smile; a slight or gentle smile
- 稍微ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟˊa little; slightly; a bit; to a small degree.
- 微微ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊslightly; faintly; a little; subtly; quietly; gently; humble; modest; faint in appearance; vaguely perceptible
- 微軟ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨㄢˇMicrosoft Corporation; the American technology company known for Windows, Office, and cloud services.
- 輕微ㄑㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˊslight; light; trivial; to a small extent; minor; not serious.
- 微風ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄥa light wind; a breeze; a gentle wind.
- 微妙ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋsubtle; delicate; nuanced; not easily described or explained; finely complex; implying hidden meaning or implication
- 微弱ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋweak; faint; feeble; lacking strength or intensity.
- 細微ㄒㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊtiny; minute; fine; subtle; (of instruments) sensitive; small or trivial matters; humble or lowly (in status).
- 微小ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇextremely small; minute; tiny; infinitesimal.
- 微粒ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋtiny particles; fine granules; minute discrete particles, such as tiny silver bromide crystals that form a latent image when exposed to light
- 微生物ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄨˋmicroscopic organisms invisible to the naked eye; includes bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other tiny life forms
- 微型ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊminiature; tiny; very small compared to others of its kind.
- 微調ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊto make minor adjustments; fine-tuning; small changes to improve accuracy or performance; in Taiwan, often used for policy or budget revisions.
- 微不足道ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋso trivial it is not worth mentioning; utterly insignificant; negligible
- 微薄ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛˊsmall in amount; meager; humble; lowly.
- 些微ㄒㄧㄝ ㄨㄟˊa small amount; a little; slightly; somewhat
- 卑微ㄅㄟ ㄨㄟˊlowly; humble; of low status; also: weak; feeble; in decline
- 顯微鏡ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋoptical instrument with lenses that magnifies tiny objects; typically 100–1000× magnification; used in labs and medicine.
- 式微ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊdecline; wane; a state of decay or weakening; (literary) the title of a poem in the Classic of Poetry
- 略微ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˊslightly; somewhat; a little
- 微量ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋsmall amount; minute quantity; trace amount
- 微信ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋWeChat; a popular Chinese messaging and social media app
- 微幅ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˊslightly; by a small margin or degree (used of changes in amounts, prices, figures)
- 微波ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛmicrowave; electromagnetic wave used in communications, radar, and cooking
- 微光ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄤdim light; faint glow; weak glimmer
- 微乎其微ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄟˊextremely small or tiny; very little; almost negligible
- 微波爐ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨˊmicrowave oven; appliance that uses microwave radiation to heat food quickly and evenly without producing smoke
- 無微不至ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋattentive to every small detail; meticulous and thorough in care or thoughtfulness
- 微觀ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢmicroscopic; relating to small-scale structures or phenomena, as opposed to macroscopic
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