miên man
Pronunciation
Northern
/miən˧˧ maːn˧˧/
Central
/miəŋ˧˥ maːŋ˧˥/
Southern
/miəŋ˧˧ maːŋ˧˧/
Listen
endless; drifting
Adjective
endless; drifting
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
endless; drifting
Describing something that continues for a long time in an endless or seemingly incoherent manner.
vi Anh ấy đang chìm đắm trong dòng suy nghĩ miên man.
en He is immersed in a stream of drifting thoughts.
Parts
miên / man / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 綿蠻 …
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Parts
miên / man / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 綿蠻 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 綿蠻
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
綿蠻
Candidates by syllable
miên
眠（綿）
man
漫（瞞 / 曼 / 蛮）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
đằng đẵng / Miên / miên trạng / endless
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Similar
đằng đẵng / Miên / miên trạng / endless
Use
miên dương / cao miên / thôi miên / triền miên …
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Use
miên dương / cao miên / thôi miên / triền miên …