微妙

Chinese

 
tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
clever; wonderful
simp. and trad.
(微妙)

Pronunciation


Adjective

微妙

  1. subtle and delicate; tricksy; intricate

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
みょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

微妙 (-na inflection, hiragana びみょう, rōmaji bimyō)

  1. subtle
  2. delicate
  3. (euphemistic) lackluster

Inflection

Noun

微妙 (hiragana びみょう, rōmaji bimyō)

  1. subtlety

Usage notes

Generally this has negative connotations. It is used euphemistically to mean "not bad but not very good either".

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