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máo

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máo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
máo | mao2
English translation
bang (hair)
fashionable
mane
fashionable, in vogue; mane, flowing hair

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About máo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

máo

Contains the radical

biāo

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

hair

Etymology of máo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

髟毛

Semantic compound

biāo

Phonetic compound

Máo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. biāo represents the meaning and Máo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using máo

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Yankeedoodle mào shǎng chā gēn 羽毛 yǔ máo ,称为 chēng wéi 时髦 shímáo Shuài .

Yankee doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.

人们 rén men 穿 chuān shǎng 更加 gèng jiā 时髦 shímáo 漂亮 piàoliang de 衣服 yīfu 沿着 yán zhe 海滨 hǎibīn 散步 sànbù

People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.

现在 xiànzài 政界 zhèng jiè 讲究 jiǎngjiu de 无非 wúfēi shì 合适 héshì de 发型 fà xíng 时髦 shímáo de 衣着 yī zhuó

Now politics is all about the right haircut and a sharp suit.

de Shī zài 风格 fēnggé shǎng shì 时髦 shímáo de 实验 shíyàn pài 主题 zhǔtí 艰深难懂

Her poems are modishly experi-mental in style and recondite in subject-matter.

不是 bú shi 一味 yī wèi 赶时髦 gǎn shí máo de rén zhǐ 穿 chuān 适合 shìhé 自己 zìjǐ de 服装 fúzhuāng

I'm not a fashion victim; I stick to what suits me.

Words with máo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
时髦 shímáo in vogue時髦
máo mane máo
赶时髦 gǎn shí máo to keep up with the latest fashion趕時髦

máo Decomposition & Compounds

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máo Decomposition

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