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微型

wēixíng

miniature; micro-

A tiny drone hovering beside an open palm
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

型 xíng

Strokes
9
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
刑 punishment, penalty 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 微型传感器被植入桥梁内部,用来实时监测结构疲劳。 Wēixíng chuángǎnqì bèi zhírù qiáoliáng nèibù, yònglái shíshí jiāncè jiégòu píláo. Miniature sensors were embedded inside the bridge to monitor structural fatigue in real time.
  • 这款微型音响很小,却能发出很大的声音。 Zhè kuǎn wēixíng yīnxiǎng hěn xiǎo, què néng fāchū hěn dà de shēngyīn. This miniature speaker is tiny, yet it can produce a very loud sound.
  • 科学家研制出一种微型机器人,能在血管里工作。 Kēxuéjiā yánzhìchū yī zhǒng wēixíng jīqìrén, néng zài xuèguǎn lǐ gōngzuò. Scientists have developed a micro robot that can work inside blood vessels.

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