微 (mei4) — minute; tiny; slight; little in Cantonese

meiˎ₄微

Mandarin Pinyin: wei1

Meaning of 微

nounminute; tiny; slight; little

nounprofound; abstruse; subtle

nounslightly; a little bit

nounhumble; trivial; insignificant

noundecline; dwindle; deteriorate

nounsmall or tiny amount

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Example Sentences with 微

jauˏ₅有diˉ¹啲meiˎ₄微fung1.風。

There's a slight breeze.

niˉ¹呢go˗₃個zanˍ₆陣meiˍ₆味houˊ²好mei4.微。

This smell is very faint.

keoiˏ₅佢jauˏ₅有meiˎ₄微jyunˏ₅軟hokˍ₆學wai2.位。

He has a Microsoft degree.

ngoˏ₅我ziˊ²只haiˍ₆係meiˎ₄微tiu4.調。

I'm just making a slight adjustment.

ga˗₃價cinˎ₄錢meiˎ₄微sing1.升。

The price rose slightly.

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Words Containing 微

電子顯微鏡din6 zi2 hin2 mei4 geng3

electron microscope

稍微saau2 mei4

a little bit

縮微膠卷suk1 mei4 gaau1 gyun2

microfilm (film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material)

輕微傾側hing1 mei4 king1 zak1

to slightly tilt

微服出巡mei4 fuk6 ceot1 ceon4

an official on a reconnaissance mission disguised as a commoner

入微jap6 mei4

in every possible detail; in a thorough going way

一線微光jat1 sin3 mei4 gwong1

fineness; slight, fine, subtle

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