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mǒu

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mǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǒu | mou3
English translation
some
a certain
sb or sth indefinite
such-and-such
some, someone; a certain thing or person

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About mǒu

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

mǒu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

The sweet  Gān  fruit of a certain tree 

Etymology of mǒu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

甘木

Explanation

Depicts a sweet ( Gān ) fruit in a tree (). Based on the original meaning "plum", now written as méi . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using mǒu

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我们 wǒmen zhè zuò 房子 fáng zi shí jiù 约定 yuē dìng hǎo mǒu 房间 fángjiān 必须 bìxū 油漆 yóuqī .

We rented the house on the stipulation that certain rooms should be painted.

B jiē 论述 lùn shù 目前 mùqián 经济 jīngjì 秩序 zhìxù de 某些 mǒu xiē 基本 jīběn 特点 tèdiǎn .

Section B descibes some fundamantal characteristics of the present economic order.

zài 某种 mǒu zhǒng 程度 chéngdù shǎng shuì , fàn 那个 nà ge 错误 cuòwù dǎo 感到 gǎn dào 高兴 gāoxìng , 因为 yīnwèi 可以 kěyǐ duì 你敲警钟 jǐng zhōng .

In a way, I'm glad you made that mistake, for it will serve as a warning to you.

那种 nà zhǒng 热情 rèqíng , jiù chūn yuè duì 某事 mǒu shì 茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi de 那种热情,一模一样 yī mú yī yàng .

His enthusiasm was like Spring Moon's when she had mastered a concept.

de 各本 zhù zuò dōu 具有 jù yǒu 某种 mǒu zhǒng 相似之 chǔ .

His books all have a certain sameness about them.

Words with mǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mǒu some mǒu
某些 mǒu xiē some某些 mǒu xiē
某种 mǒu zhǒng some kind (of)某種
某人 mǒu rén someone某人 mǒu rén
某某 mǒu mǒu so-and-so某某 mǒu mǒu
某地 mǒu dì somewhere某地 mǒu dì
某甲 mǒu jiǎ somebody某甲 mǒu jiǎ

mǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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mǒu Decomposition

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mǒu Compounds

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  • mǒu
    • móu , méi , méi , méi , méi , , , móu
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