绵
silk floss; continuous; soft; weak; mild-mannered (dialect)
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How 绵 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A continuous thread 纟 of silk 帛
How to remember it
continuous · Heisig RSH #2381
thread + white towel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 绵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛海绵状脑病 | niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìng | bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE; mad cow disease |
| 海绵体 | hǎi mián tǐ | erectile tissue (genital); corpus cavernosum |
| 绵阳市 | Mián yáng Shì | Mianyang, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] |
| 连绵不绝 | lián mián bù jué | (idiom) continuous; unending |
| 海绵宝宝 | Hǎi mián Bǎo bǎo | SpongeBob SquarePants (US animated TV series, 1999–) |
| 福绵区 | Fú mián Qū | Fumian, a district of Yulin City 玉林市[Yu4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 联绵词 | lián mián cí | two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[ling2 long2] |
| 连绵词 | lián mián cí | variant of 聯綿詞|联绵词[lian2 mian2 ci2] |
| 绵白糖 | mián bái táng | sugar powder |
| 绵里藏针 | mián lǐ cáng zhēn | lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom); fig. ruthless character behind a gentle app… |
| 海绵状 | hǎi mián zhuàng | spongy |
| 福寿绵长 | fú shòu mián cháng | good luck and long life |
| 绵竹市 | Mián zhú Shì | Mianzhu, a county-level city in Deyang City 德陽市|德阳市[De2 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 绵子 | mián zi | (dial.) silk floss |
| 海绵 | hǎi mián | (zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge; sponge (made from polyester or cellulose et… |
| 绵长 | mián cháng | long and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive; prolonged |
| 绵力 | mián lì | one's limited power (humble expr.) |
| 石绵 | shí mián | variant of 石棉[shi2 mian2] |
| 绵阳 | Mián yáng | see 綿陽市|绵阳市[Mian2 yang2 Shi4] |
| 绵绵不绝 | mián mián bù jué | continuous; endless |