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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mō | mo1
English translation
to feel with the hand
to touch
to stroke
to grope
to feel (one's pulse)
variant of [mó]
to caress, to stroke, to gently touch

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌莫

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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tàn le kǒu , zhàn le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ de hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,平头 píng tóu .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

大夫 dàfū le de mài , yòu qiáo 了瞧我的嗓子 sǎngzi .

The doctor felt my pulse and looked down my throat.

dūn xià lái 抚摸 fǔmō de gǒu .

He crouched down to stroke the dog.

zài Hēi àn Zhōng 摸索 mōsuo zhāo zhǎo Mén shǒu .

He felt about in the dark for the door handle.

了摸滚烫 gǔn tàng de 绿坐垫 zuò diàn .

He felt the hot, green leather of the seat.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to touch
触摸 chù mō to touch觸摸
抚摸 fǔmō to pet撫摸
摸索 mōsuo to feel about摸索 mōsuo
偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō surreptitious偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō
捉摸 zhuō mō to fathom捉摸 zhuō mō
摸底 mō dǐ fact-finding摸底 mō dǐ
顺藤摸瓜 shùn téng mō guā to track sth following clues順藤摸瓜
摸爬滚打 mō pá gǔn dǎ to go through challenging experiences摸爬滾打
摸黑 mō hēi to grope about in the dark摸黑 mō hēi
估摸 gū mo to reckon估摸 gū mo
摸不着头脑 mō bu zháo tóu nǎo to be at a loss摸不著頭腦
摸不着 mō bu zháo can't touch摸不著
浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain渾水摸魚
摸着石头过河 mō zhe shí tou guò hé to advance cautiously, step by step摸著石頭過河
混水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú 混水摸魚
起早摸黑 qǐ zǎo mō hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late起早摸黑 qǐ zǎo mō hēi
约摸 yuē mo about約摸
偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to pilfer偷雞摸狗
摸鱼 mō yú to catch fish摸魚

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Decomposition

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