敏 (mǐn) means Keen (quick - clever - sensitive). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他吃海鲜会过 敏 。
Tā chī hǎixiān huì guòmǐn.
He gets an allergic reaction from seafood.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 过敏
狗的鼻子非常灵 敏 。
Gǒu de bízi fēicháng língmǐn.
A dog's nose is extremely sensitive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灵敏
他有 敏 锐的观察力。
Tā yǒu mǐnruì de guānchá lì.
He has keen powers of observation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敏锐
这是一个 敏 感的话题。
Zhè shì yí ge mǐngǎn de huàtí.
This is a sensitive topic.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 敏感
这台仪器反应很灵 敏 。
Zhè tái yíqì fǎnyìng hěn língmǐn.
This instrument responds very sensitively.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灵敏
老人思维依然十分 敏 捷。
Lǎorén sīwéi yīrán shífēn mǐnjié.
The old man's mind is still very quick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敏捷
她对市场变化非常 敏 锐。
Tā duì shìchǎng biànhuà fēicháng mǐnruì.
She is highly sensitive to market changes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敏锐
狗的嗅觉比人灵 敏 得多。
Gǒu de xiùjué bǐ rén língmǐn de duō.
A dog's sense of smell is far keener than a human's.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嗅觉
他对市场有 敏 锐的嗅觉。
Tā duì shìchǎng yǒu mǐnruì de xiùjué.
He has a keen nose for the market.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嗅觉
他动作 敏 捷，一下就躲开了。
Tā dòngzuò mǐnjié, yíxià jiù duǒ kāi le.
He moved nimbly and dodged out of the way at once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敏捷
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From the travel phrasebook
我对花生过 敏 。
Wǒ duì huāshēng guòmǐn.
I'm allergic to peanuts.
Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant
我对青霉素过 敏 。
Wǒ duì qīngméisù guòmǐn.
I'm allergic to penicillin.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
Words that contain 敏
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 敏
How is 敏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 敏 (mǐn, "Keen (quick - clever - sensitive)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 敏 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 敏 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 敏?
The dictionary page for 敏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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