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靡
mí
1. to waste (money)
Common • Top 18% ✏️ 19 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

靡
mí
to scatter, to disperse; to divide
19 丶

Compound Words (20)

侈靡
chǐmí
wasteful
奢靡
shēmí
extravagant
委靡
wěimǐ
dispirited
披靡
pīmǐ
to be swept by the wind
淫靡
yínmǐ
profligate
绮靡
qǐmǐ
beautiful and intricate
华靡
huámí
luxurious
萎靡
wěimǐ
dispirited
靡烂
mílàn
rotting
靡费
mífèi
to waste
颓靡
tuímí
devastated
风靡
fēngmǐ
fashionable
委靡不振
wěimǐbùzhèn
variant of [[萎靡不振<wěimǐbùzhèn>]]
所向披靡
suǒxiàngpīmǐ
to sweep everything before one
萎靡不振
wěimǐbùzhèn
dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
夸多斗靡
kuāduōdòumǐ
to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)
靡有孑遗
mǐyǒujiéyí
all dead and no survivors
靡靡之音
mǐmǐzhīyīn
decadent or obscene music
风靡一时
fēngmǐyīshí
fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
靡不有初,鲜克有终
mǐbùyǒuchū,xiǎnkèyǒuzhōng
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

Alternate Entries

靡
mǐ
extravagant / go with fashion / not

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,073
Word Frequency Rank
15,333 of 84,292

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