甚微
shèn wēi
Pinyin

Definition

甚微
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shèn wēi
  1. very small
  2. very little
  3. scant
  4. minimal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微
Wēi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
卑微
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
微信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Téng xùn])
微博
wēi bó
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
微风
wēi fēng
  1. 1 breeze
  2. 2 light wind
甚
shén
  1. 1 variant of 什[shén]
甚至
shèn zhì
  1. 1 even
  2. 2 so much so that
稍微
shāo wēi
  1. 1 a little bit
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
低微
dī wēi
  1. 1 meager (wages)
  2. 2 humble (social status)
  3. 3 feeble (voice)
入微
rù wēi
  1. 1 down to the smallest detail
  2. 2 thoroughgoing
  3. 3 fine and detailed
寒微
hán wēi
  1. 1 of humble origin
幸甚
xìng shèn
  1. 1 (literary) very fortunate
幽微
yōu wēi
  1. 1 faint
  2. 2 subtle (of sound, scent etc)
  3. 3 profound
  4. 4 mysterious
  5. 5 dim
式微
shì wēi
  1. 1 (literary) to decline
  2. 2 to wane
  3. 3 title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shī jīng]
微不足道
wēi bù zú dào
  1. 1 negligible
  2. 2 insignificant

Idioms (20)

一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
卑之，毋甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑之，无甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
  1. 1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
微乎其微
wēi hū qí wēi
  1. 1 a tiny bit
  2. 2 very little
  3. 3 next to nothing (idiom)
更有甚者
gèng yǒu shèn zhě
  1. 1 furthermore (idiom)
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
  1. 1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
渺乎其微
miǎo hū qí wēi
  1. 1 remote and insignificant (idiom)
无微不至
wú wēi bù zhì
  1. 1 in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
甚嚣尘上
shèn xiāo chén shàng
  1. 1 clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor
  2. 2 to raise a tremendous stink
积于忽微
jī yú hū wēi
  1. 1 to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom)
腹笥甚宽
fù sì shèn kuān
  1. 1 well-read (idiom)
自奉甚俭
zì fèng shèn jiǎn
  1. 1 to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures (idiom)
自视甚高
zì shì shèn gāo
  1. 1 to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs
  2. 2 arrogant and self-important
见微知著
jiàn wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
视微知着
shì wēi zhī zhuó
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
识微见几
shí wēi jiàn jǐ
  1. 1 lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom)

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