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靡
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- 靡
- mí · divide, disperse, scatter
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Mandarin tones
2 · mi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mei4 · mei5
Cantonese word readings for 靡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (literary) to fall down; to collapse; to be swept away
- (literary) extravagant; beautiful; splendid
- (literary) delicate; minute
- (literary) no; not
- (literary) to not have; to be without
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- extravagant; wasteful
- to waste; to squander
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to extinguish; to eliminate
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to rotten; to damage
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to exhaust; to use up
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to divide; to disperse; to scatter
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to share
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