靡

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to waste (money)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

非 (semantic, “wrong”) + 麻 (phonetic, má)

components: 麻非

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 麻

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 麻 (má) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
麻 sound component	má	hemp, flax, sesame; numb
摩	mó	to scour, to rub, to grind; friction
磨	mó	millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
魔	mó	demon, evil spirit; magic, spell
糜	mí	rice gruel, congee; mashed
嘛	ma	final exclamatory particle
麽	mó	interrogative particle
縻	mí	harness, halter; to tie up

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
靡不有初，鲜克有终	mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng	almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth yo…
风靡一时	fēng mǐ yī shí	fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
委靡不振	wěi mǐ bù zhèn	variant of 萎靡不振[wei3 mi3 bu4 zhen4]
夸多斗靡	kuā duō dòu mǐ	(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
风靡	fēng mǐ	fashionable; popular
靡靡之音	mǐ mǐ zhī yīn	(idiom) decadent music
所向披靡	suǒ xiàng pī mǐ	(idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
华靡	huá mí	luxurious; opulent
靡费	mí fèi	to waste; to squander
靡有孑遗	mǐ yǒu jié yí	all dead and no survivors
委靡	wěi mǐ	variant of 萎靡[wei3 mi3]
萎靡不振	wěi mǐ bù zhèn	dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
靡烂	mí làn	rotting; decaying
淫靡	yín mǐ	profligate; extravagantly showy; (of music) lascivious; decadent
披靡	pī mǐ	to be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle etc)
颓靡	tuí mǐ	(literary) devastated
绮靡	qǐ mǐ	beautiful and intricate; ornate; gorgeous
奢靡	shē mí	extravagant
萎靡	wěi mǐ	listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing
侈靡	chǐ mí	wasteful; extravagant