mǐn
verb #36,594

Meanings

  1. 1 to vanish
  2. 2 to die out
  3. 3 to obliterate
  4. 4 to be wiped out

Examples

Tā de liángxīn wèi mǐn.
His conscience has not yet died.
Tóngxīn wèi mǐn.
He still has the heart of a child.

Tips

usage
is a bound classical character — almost never standalone. You'll meet it in fixed phrases like 良心 (liángxīn wèi mǐn — 'conscience not yet extinguished') and (tóngxīn wèi mǐn — 'still has a child's heart'), and in compounds 泯灭 (mǐnmiè — to be obliterated) and (mǐnmò — to vanish).

Stroke Order

mǐn