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Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.
Edward Dahlberg

Meaning of "mien" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MIEN

Probably variant of obsolete demean appearance; related to French mine aspect.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MIEN

mien  [miːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mien is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MIEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mien

Iu Mien American

Iu Mien Americans are Americans, primarily Indochinese refugees, of Iu Mien descent, a subset of the Yao people. This group arrived in between the late 1970s to the early 1990s as the last wave of refugees post-Vietnam War.

Definition of mien in the English dictionary

The definition of mien in the dictionary is a person's manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIEN


bean
biːn
been
biːn
between
bɪˈtwiːn
clean
kliːn
cuisine
kwɪˈziːn
dean
diːn
eine
iːn
green
ɡriːn
Halloween
ˌhæləʊˈiːn
jean
dʒiːn
machine
məˈʃiːn
magazine
ˌmæɡəˈziːn
marine
məˈriːn
mean
miːn
nicotine
ˈnɪkəˌtiːn
queen
kwiːn
scene
siːn
screen
skriːn
seen
siːn
teen
tiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIEN

midwife toad
midwifery
midwinter
midwive
midwives
midyear
mielie
mielie meal
mielie pap
mielies
Mieres
Mies van der Rohe
mifepristone
miff
miffed
miffier
miffiest
miffily
miffiness
miffy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIEN

alien
Arien
bien
Cap-Haitien
Damien
Darien
Fukien
illegal alien
Isthmus of Darien
lien
Nigerien
O´Brien
Schlesien
sien
Skien
Ssu-ma Ch´ien
Talien
Tolkien
vaurien
Wien

Synonyms and antonyms of mien in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MIEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mien» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mien

Translation of «mien» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIEN

Find out the translation of mien to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mien from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mien» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mien
570 millions of speakers

English

mien
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चेहरे का भाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سحنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выражение лица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semblante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আচার-আচরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mien
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Miene
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

物腰
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풍채
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mien
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vẻ người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகத்தோற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिवाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aspetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mien
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вираз обличчя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înfățișare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mien
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mien
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mien
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mien

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIEN»

The term «mien» is very widely used and occupies the 17.534 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mien» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mien» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mien

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QUOTES WITH «MIEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mien.
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Edward Dahlberg
Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIEN»

Discover the use of mien in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mien and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mien Relations: Mountain People and State Control in Thailand
In Mien Relations, Jonsson suggests that as early as the thirteenth century, the growing influence of Chinese and Thai state authority had led to a peculiarly urban understanding of the hinterlands—the forests and the mountains—as an ...
Hjorleifur Jonsson, 2005
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"Recevez Ce Mien Petit Labeur": Studies in Renaissance Music ...
This book deals with music from the later sixteenth century, the period on which Ignace Bossuyt, a professor at the Musicology Department of the University of Leuven who retured in 2007 and an internationally recognized leader in the field ...
Mark Delaere, Pieter Bergé, 2008
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Piecing Earth & Sky Together: A Creation Story from the Mien ...
While she and her grandmother work on their embroidery, Mei Yoon listens to an old Mein tale about the creation of the earth and the sky.
‎2001
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Transnational Aspects of Iu-Mien Refugee Identity
China. It also provides an important baseline for discussions of cultural change and identity formation for the lu-Mien in the United States. This literature is varied in scope ranging from nineteenth century missionary and ethnographic reports to  ...
Jeffery L. MacDonald, 1997
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The Yao: The Mien and Mun Yao in China, Vietnam, Laos and ...
The Yao, a non-Han minority moved many centuries ago from the Yang Tse basin to southern China, Northern Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
Jess G. Pourret, 2002
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The Adaptation of Mien Refugees to American Society in a ...
After fleeing the Vietnam War in Laos and resettling in the United States, Mien hill tribe refugees experienced conflicts in trying to survive in modern American society.
Merlynn Fitzpatrick, 2009
7
English and Chinese Dictionary: With the Punti and Mandarin ...
Facade, front, M ^ t¡4 Ш uk> <cní sts'ín mín*- Uh chí ts'ien mien, ¡^щ uk, sts'ín. Uh tsien. Face, the surface of a thing, jgj mín2. Mien, gg 4. 1; countenance, Щ min1. Mien; visage, jgj $fa mín1 máu2. Mien máu, ^ ^ jung máu2. Yung máu, 0 |=J тшг ...
William Lobscheid, 1867
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The Challenge of Facework: Cross-Cultural and Interpersonal ...
ing how mien-tzu can be seen as a quality claimed by the in— dividual and accredited by society at large. and then move to an examination of the role mien- tzu plays in interpersonal activities. The personal and interpersonal facets of mien-tzu ...
Stella Ting-Toomey
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A Mien Family
Each book in the Journey Between two Worlds series shares the difficult and often dangerous life of a refugee family in their native country and describe their subsequent journey to the United States.
Sara Gogol, 1996
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Understanding the Lived Experiences of Depressed Mien ...
The participants express their depression across three dimensions, behaviors (crying, isolation), feelings (hopeless, unloved and unwanted, and lack of self-worth), and thoughts (worries).
Sangjan Rungruangkonkit, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mien is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Saintly eats arrive in Orlando's North Quarter with Two Chefs …
The no-fuss plating seems to underscore the restaurant's distinctly casual mien – the main dining room is more high-school cafeteria than ... «Orlando Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Review: Antoine Fuqua's 'Southpaw' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal …
... thuggish mien of volatility and stubborn, poor choices that frustratingly mar the movie's well-meaning but thick-headed beast of a protagonist. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
3
Hoop Dreams Belize Takes Copa Cancun Tournament by Storm
“The experience with them is unbelievable, mien. It's unbelievable, Coach Brads right here is like a dad to me because he pushed me through ... «channel5belize, Jul 15»
4
'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl': Growing Up, the Hard Way
The flood of lovingly etched teenaged sensibilities in Jesse Andrews' screenplay, adapted from his novel, recall a mien that can only be called ... «iBerkshires.com, Jul 15»
5
Grounds for Investment: Opportunities in Southeast Asia's Coffee …
... investments include Saffron Coffee, which produces wet-processed organic Arabica coffee that is cultivated by ethnic minorities (Mien, Khmu, ... «ASEAN Briefing, Jul 15»
6
Dele Jegede at 70 - a Humanistic Interrogation of the Biography of a …
Dele Jegede's face is iconic, his mien is defined with immense dignity and his demeanor is characterized by inimitable assertiveness. He may ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Rice farming reduction to make room for livestock feed materials …
... target, the ministry should set up policies, aiming to build and develop feed material source right now. By Van Phuc – Translated by Hai Mien. «SGGP, Jul 15»
8
VIET NAM AT PEACE
The end of the Viet Nam War four decades ago meant for the Vietnamese people “bon muoi nam mien Bac va Nam thong thuong” (“40 years of ... «Beyond Chron, Jul 15»
9
2015 Ford Mustang | Road Test
The low-browed, frowning mien of the 2015 Ford Mustang gives it an aggressive demeanour – one that is accentuated by the trapezoidal grille, ... «AutoMiddleEast.com, Jul 15»
10
Word game: July 19, 2015
... doer dome done donee dorm drone omen mend mender mere merino mien mind minder mine miner minor mire mode modern moire monied ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mien [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mien>. Apr 2024 ».
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