Chinese symbol for “slim”
苗条
miáo tiao
Traditional: 苗條
(of a woman) slim; slender; graceful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slim is 苗条 (miáo tiao), defined as: (of a woman) slim; slender; graceful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “slim”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘦长 (瘦長) | shòu cháng | slim |
| 瘦削 | shòu xuē | slim |
| 纤纤 (纖纖) | xiān xiān | slim; slender |
| 纤细 (纖細) | xiān xì | fine; slim |
| 窈窕 | yǎo tiǎo | (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim; (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 苗条.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疫苗 | yì miáo | vaccine |
| 幼苗 | yòu miáo | young sprout; bud |
| 火苗 | huǒ miáo | flame |
| 苗头 (苗頭) | miáo tou | early signs of a new development; emerging trend |
| 树苗 (樹苗) | shù miáo | sapling; young tree |
| 条件 (條件) | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification |
| 条例 (條例) | tiáo lì | regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slim”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.