微薄 meaning in English

wēibó

scanty; meager

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Meaning of 微薄

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wēibó
  1. scanty
  2. meager

微薄 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā向xiàng我wǒ抱bào怨yuàn我wǒ微wēi薄bó的de薪xīn水shuǐ。
She complained to me of my small salary.
凭píng着zhe节jié俭jiǎn,她tā设shè法fǎ以yǐ自zì己jǐ微wēi薄bó的de薪xīn水shuǐ生shēng活huó。
By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.

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微 wēi · small · 13 strokes

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薄 báo · thin · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 微薄.

微笑wēixiàosmile; to smile
微信wēixìnWeixin or WeChat (instant messaging and social media app developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Teng2
稍微shāowēia little bit
微博wēibómicroblogging; microblog
薄弱bóruòweak; frail
微波炉wēibōlúmicrowave oven
轻微qīngwēislight; light
微不足道wēibùzúdào(idiom) negligible; insignificant
微妙wēimiàosubtle
微弱wēiruòweak; faint
微型wēixíngminiature; micro-; tiny
细微xìwēitiny; minute

Questions about 微薄

What does 微薄 mean?

微薄 (wēibó) means "scanty; meager".

How do you write 微薄?

微薄 is made of 2 characters: 微 (13 strokes), 薄 (16 strokes). That is 29 strokes in total.