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smile / CL: 個|个, 絲|丝 / to smile
HSK 4
Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯)
HSK 4
microblogging / microblog
HSK 5
a little bit
HSK 5
microwave oven / CL: 臺|台
HSK 6
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
HSK 7-9
miniature; micro-; tiny
HSK 7-9
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
subtle
HSK 7-9
tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive (instruments)
HSK 7-9
a little bit; slightly
HSK 7-9
weak / faint / feeble
HSK 7-9
micro- / subatomic
HSK 7-9
Weishan County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
faint / subtle (of sound, scent etc) / profound / mysterious / dim
non-perturbative (physics)
Sun Microsystems
Microsoft Corporation
micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter)
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  *微* | 微* | *微
surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
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  *微* | 微* | *微
tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
Sina Weibo, Chinese microblogging platform
microcontroller unit (MCU)
microbiology
speck / particle
microswitch
Weibo (Chinese social media platform)
microfilm
glimmer
a smidgen / minute / micro- / trace (element)
Micro-Star International (MSI), Taiwanese computer hardware company
scanty / meager
(math.) differential (of a function) / differential (equation etc) / to differentiate / differentiation
minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal
microgram (μg)
breeze / light wind
slight / faint / humble
(photography) (of a lens etc) macro; close-up
to nip in the bud (idiom)
micro (computer)
a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom)
(of surgery, treatment etc) minimally invasive
compact / micro- / miniature / to miniaturize
lowly / humble
slight; minor; small / slightly
microminiature (technology)
trace element (chemistry)
subtle / profound
microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
down to the smallest detail; thoroughgoing; fine and detailed
derivative (math.) / business on WeChat 微信 leveraging one's social network / person who operates such a business
(literary) to decline / to wane / title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
neutrino (particle physics) / also written 微中子
(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
a miniature (carving)
meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice)
of humble origin
to show every possible consideration (idiom); meticulous care
hazy / blurred
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
to micromanage
to decline; to wane / weakened; enfeebled; in decline
veiled criticism
miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm
a low fire (for roasting)
a slight blemish
millimicron or one-millionth of a millimeter
fine tuning / trimming
microampere (one millionth of amp)
microcrystal
microorganism
tipsy
(of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
(of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
(prefix) nano-
calculus / differentiation and integration / calculus of infinitesimals and integrals 積|积
this small official / humble servant
slightly chubby; stoutish
slight / slim
capillary
official (verified) account on Weibo 微博 or WeChat 微信
dust / (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter
slight illness / indisposition
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
mildly spicy
ripple / microwave
microalbumin
ordinary differential equation (ODE)
microcosm / the microscopic world
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
microelectronics
flash fiction
minimally invasive surgery
microelectronics
partial differential equation (PDE)
Microsoft Corporation
microampere (one millionth of amp) / also written 微安培
tubulin

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