Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- miào
English
- mysterious, subtle
- clever
- exquisite
- wonderful
- clever; ingenious
- to purse or pucker one's lips to show disregard and contemptuous
粵語
- 聰明；神奇
- 扁嘴，表示輕蔑、不屑
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 妙
- 奇妙kei4 miu6
wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
- 巧妙haau2 miu6
ingenious; clever
- 美妙mei5 miu6
beautiful
- 微妙mei4 miu6
subtle
- 不妙bat1 miu6
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging
- 絕妙zyut6 miu6
exquisite
- 精妙zing1 miu6
exquisite
- 奧妙ou3 miu6
marvelous
- 妙用miu6 jung6
to use (sth) in an ingenious way
- 妙計miu6 gai3
excellent plan; brilliant scheme
- 妙齡miu6 ling4
(of a girl) in the prime of youth
- 莫名其妙mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6
(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
- 蹺妙kiu2 miu6
(adjective) ingenious [colloquial]; nifty (noun) ingenuity; cleverness
- 妙語miu6 jyu5
witticism
- 妙策miu6 caak3
an ingenious strategy
- 靈丹妙藥ling4 daan1 miu6 joek6
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
- 妙趣miu6 ceoi3
witty
- 妙訣miu6 kyut3
an ingenious technique
- 玄妙jyun4 miu6
mysterious
- 雋妙zeon3 miu6
extremely elegant
- 妙不可言miu6 bat1 ho2 jin4
too wonderful for words
- 高妙gou1 miu6
masterly
- 妙手miu6 sau2
miraculous hands of a healer
- 妙法miu6 faat3
brilliant plan