苗 (miáo) means Seedling (young - descendant). Below are 6 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
火 苗 顺着窗帘往上窜。
Huǒmiáo shùnzhe chuānglián wǎng shàng cuàn.
The flames shot up along the curtain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 窜
为了 苗 条，她每天运动。
Wèile miáotiao, tā měi tiān yùndòng.
She exercises daily to stay slim.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 苗条
打疫 苗 可以提高免疫力。
Dǎ yìmiáo kěyǐ tígāo miǎnyì lì.
Vaccination can raise immunity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 免疫
教育急不得，拔 苗 助长只会适得其反。
Jiàoyù jí bu dé, bámiáozhùzhǎng zhǐ huì shìdéqífǎn.
Education cannot be rushed; forcing growth only backfires.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拔苗助长
让四岁的孩子学高等数学，无异于拔 苗 助长。
Ràng sì suì de háizi xué gāoděng shùxué, wú yì yú bámiáozhùzhǎng.
Making a four-year-old study advanced maths is no different from pulling up shoots to make them grow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拔苗助长
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Words that contain 苗
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Questions about 苗
How is 苗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 苗 (miáo, "Seedling (young - descendant)"), 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 苗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 苗 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 苗?
The dictionary page for 苗 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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