苗 meaning in English

miáo

young plant; seedling; (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 魚苗|鱼苗[yu2 miao2])

HSK 7-9noun8 strokes

Meaning of 苗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

miáo
  1. young plant; seedling
  2. (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 魚苗|鱼苗[yu2 miao2])
  3. (bound form) offspring; descendant
  4. (bound form) sign or indication of sth (e.g. 苗頭|苗头[miao2 tou5], 礦苗|矿苗[kuang4 miao2])
  5. (bound form) vaccine
Miáo
  1. surname Miao
  2. Miao ethnic group

苗 in example sentences

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

我wǒ正zhèng在zài变biàn苗miáo条tiáo!
I am getting slim!
我wǒ不bù需xū要yào接jiē种zhǒng流liú感gǎn疫yì苗miáo。
I don't need a flu shot.
我wǒ没méi有yǒu接jiē种zhǒng过guò冠guān状zhuàng病bìng毒dú疫yì苗miáo。
I haven't had the vaccine for Coronavirus.
说shuō苗miáo条tiáo比bǐ说shuō瘦shòu更gèng有yǒu礼lǐ貌mào。
It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
疫yì苗miáo不bú会huì导dǎo致zhì自zì闭bì症zhèng。
Vaccines don't cause autism.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

苗 miáo · young plant · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 苗.

疫苗yìmiáovaccine
苗条miáotiao(of a woman) slim; slender
禾苗hémiáoseedling (of rice or other grain)
苗头miáotouearly signs of a new development; emerging trend
火苗huǒmiáoflame

Questions about 苗

What does 苗 mean?

苗 (miáo) means "young plant; seedling; (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 魚苗|鱼苗[yu2 miao2])" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 苗?

苗 is made of 1 character: 苗 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 苗 an HSK word?

Yes. 苗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.