Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

riddle

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “mi” becomes a different word in each tone. 谜 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 谜语mí yǔriddle; conundrum
  • 谜团mí tuánriddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters
  • 谜底mí dǐanswer to a riddle
  • 猜谜cāi míto answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
  • 谜之mí zhī(neologism) (slang) (attributive) mysterious; enigmatic

Example Sentence

大家一起来猜一猜这个有趣的谜语。Dà jiā yì qǐ lái cāi yi cāi zhè ge yǒu qù de mí yǔ.Let us all guess this interesting riddle together.

大家Dà jiāeveryone一起yì qǐ(in) the same placeláito comecāito guessyionecāito guess这个zhè ge(pronoun) this有趣yǒu qùinterestingdeof谜语mí yǔriddle