Chinese

稍微

/ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
slightly; a little; somewhat
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese稍 “a little; slightly; rather”
    • meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
    • soundChinese肖 “to resemble”
      • soundChinese小 “small, tiny, little”
        • ideaChinese八 “eight”
        • ideaChinese丨 “To connect vertically; to pass through from top to bottom.”
      • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
      • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
  • characterChinese微 “tiny; small; trifling”
    • soundChinese美 “beautiful; pretty; attractive; good-looking”
      • ideaChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)”
      • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
    • meaningChinese攴 “to hit lightly; to tap”

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