稍微

shāowēi

a little bit

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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  • 微笑wēixiàosmileB5
  • 微小wēixiǎominute (i.e. extremely small)B6
  • 卑微bēiwēilowlyB7
  • 略微lüèwēia little bitB7
  • 轻微qīngwēislightB7
  • 微wēisurname WeiB7
  • 微波炉wēibōlúmicrowave ovenB7

See it in sentences

请稍微等一下。

Please wait a little bit.

这个菜稍微咸了点。

This dish is a little too salty.