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藐
Mandarin · pinyin miǎo
Meanings
- to despise
- small
- variant of 渺 miǎo
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- 藐
- miǎo · disregard, slight, disdain
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Mandarin tones
3 · miao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
miu5 · mok6
Cantonese word readings for 藐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small; young
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to look down on; to think little of
- (Cantonese) (alt. form 妙, 𠴕) to curl one's lip (in disdain)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 邈 (miǎo, “faraway; distant”)
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