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微

wēi

slightly; tiny; minute

A finger nudging a tiny pebble beside a huge unmoving boulder
Memory picture

Character

微 wēi

Strokes
13
Radical
彳 — to step with the left foot
Made of
彳 to step with the left foot 攵 to rap, to tap
More about the character 微

Example phrases

  • 他脸色微红,却仍镇定地回答了记者尖锐的追问。 Tā liǎnsè wēi hóng, què réng zhèndìng de huídá le jìzhě jiānruì de zhuīwèn. His face was slightly red, but he still calmly answered the reporter's sharp follow-up questions.
  • 听到这话,她只是微微一笑,什么也没说。 Tīng dào zhè huà, tā zhǐshì wēiwēi yī xiào, shénme yě méi shuō. Hearing this, she just smiled slightly and said nothing.
  • 这些细节看似微小,却决定了整个工程的质量。 Zhèxiē xìjié kànsì wēixiǎo, què juédìng le zhěnggè gōngchéng de zhìliàng. These details seem tiny, yet they determine the quality of the whole project.

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