- 疫苗 yìmiáo vaccinea biological preparation used to provide immunity against a specific disease
- 苗族 miáozú Miao ethnic groupMiao (Hmong) ethnic minority of southern and southwestern China and neighboring Southeast Asian countries
- 苗条 miáotiao slimslender; svelte; graceful, usually used to describe a woman's figure
- 育苗 yùmiáo to raise seedlingsTo cultivate young plants in a nursery or greenhouse for later transplantation; also used in the farming of fish or shellfish to describe raising young stock.
- 苗木 miáomù nursery stockYoung plants or seedlings (including trees, shrubs, or herbs) cultivated for transplanting, especially in a nursery; also known as [[树苗|樹苗|shu4 miao2]]
- 苗头 miáotou early signsthe first signs of a situation developing; early indicators of a trend or problem
- 火苗 huǒmiáo flameflame; tongue of fire
- 苗圃 miáopǔ nurserya place where young plants and trees are grown; plant nursery; seedbed
- 秧苗 yāngmiáo seedlingseedling; especially a rice seedling
- 种苗 zhǒngmiáo seedlingseedling or sprout; a young plant or animal cultivated for further breeding or cultivation
- 幼苗 yòumiáo seedlingseedling; young sprout; sapling
- 树苗 shùmiáo saplinga young tree; specifically one grown in a nursery for transplanting
- 苗子 miáozi seedlingA young plant or sapling.
- 鱼苗 yúmiáo frynewly hatched fish or young fish used for breeding
- 出苗 chūmiáo to sproutto sprout; to come out of the ground (of seedlings)
- 苗期 miáoqī seedling stageThe early growth stage of a crop, generally from the time the seeds sprout until the plant begins to flower or fruit.
- 苗家 miáojiā Miao peopleThe Miao ethnic group; a way of referring to individuals or families of the Miao people
- 禾苗 hémiáo seedlingseedlings of cereal crops such as rice or wheat
- 苗寨 miáozhài Miao villagea village or settlement where people of the Miao ethnic group live together, typically surrounded by a wall or fence
- 保苗 bǎomiáo to protect seedlingsTo protect young plants, ensuring that a sufficient number of them survive to produce a good crop.
- 卡介苗 kǎjièmiáo BCG vaccineA vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis, named after French scientists Calmette and Guérin.
- 苗床 miáochuáng seedbedA plot of land, either outdoors or indoors, used for raising young plants or seedlings
- 麦苗 màimiáo wheat seedlingseedling of wheat or similar cereal crops
- 壮苗 zhuàngmiáo strong sprouta strong and healthy seedling or sprout
- 菌苗 jūnmiáo vaccineA vaccine prepared from bacteria, used to provide immunity against diseases; also known as [[细菌性疫苗|細菌性疫苗|xi4 jun1 xing4 yi4 miao2]].
- 拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things through excessive zealTo spoil things through excessive enthusiasm or by being too impatient for success, originating from the Gongsun Chou I chapter of Mencius; literally to pull up rice seedlings to help them grow, which only results in killing the plants
- 蒜苗 suànmiáo garlic sproutsthe whole young garlic plant before the flower stalk has bolted, used as a vegetable; green garlic
- 青苗 qīngmiáo green sproutsyoung, green shoots of grain or other unblossomed plants
- 豆苗 dòumiáo bean seedlingthe seedling of any bean or legume plant
- 苗人 miáorén Miao peopleMiao nationality; an ethnic group of southwestern China; same as [[苗族|苗族|miao2 zu2]]
- 定苗 dìngmiáo to thin seedlingsTo perform the final thinning of seedlings by keeping the healthiest plants at fixed distances and removing the rest.
- 独苗 dúmiáo only childan only child; specifically refers to a sole son or descendant
- 稻苗 dàomiáo rice seedlingyoung sprout of a rice plant
- 间苗 jiànmiáo to thin out seedlingsTo pull out some young plants that are growing too close together to make room for the others to grow
- 黔东南苗族侗族自治州 qiándōngnánmiáozúdòngzúzìzhìzhōu Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous PrefectureQiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in [[贵州|貴州|gui4 zhou1]] province
- 新苗 xīnmiáo budyoung shoots or sprouts that have just come out of the ground; seedlings
- 蟹苗 xièmiáo crab frycrab larvae or young crabs used for aquaculture
- 苗情 miáoqíng seedling conditionthe state or stage of growth of cereal crop seedlings
- 菜苗 càimiáo vegetable seedlingyoung sprouts or seedlings of vegetables ready for transplanting or consumption
- 黔南布依族苗族自治州 qiánnánbùyīzúmiáozúzìzhìzhōu Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous PrefectureQiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou province
- 补苗 bǔmiáo to fill gaps with seedlingsto fill in empty spots in a field by transplanting or replanting seedlings; to achieve a full stand of crops
- 苗栗 miáolì MiaoliMiaoli city and county in northwest Taiwan
- 松桃苗族自治县 sōngtáomiáozúzìzhìxiàn Songtao Miao Autonomous CountySongtao Miao Autonomous County in Guizhou Province
- 花苗 huāmiáo flower seedlingthe young seedling of a flower or ornamental plant
- 根苗 gēnmiáo roots and sproutsThe roots and the first sprouts of a plant.
- 痘苗 dòumiáo smallpox vaccineA vaccine originally derived from cowpox pus used to provide immunity against smallpox; also called [[牛痘苗|牛痘苗|niu2 dou4 miao2]].
- 揠苗助长 yàmiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasmto spoil things through a desire for quick success, specifically by interfering with the natural process of growth; literally "to pull up seedlings to help them grow"
- 湘西土家族苗族自治州 xiāngxītǔjiāzúmiáozúzìzhìzhōu Xiangxi PrefectureXiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, located in [[湖南|湖南|hu2 nan2]] Province.
- 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 qiánxīnánbùyīzúmiáozúzìzhìzhōu Qianxinan PrefectureQianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, located in [[贵州|貴州|gui4 zhou1]] province
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- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH