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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mù | mu4
English translation
curtain or screen
canopy or tent
headquarters of a general
act (of a play)
old variant of [mù]
curtain
screen
curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

curtain

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

莫巾

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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yǎn 或者 huòzhě Cóng 屏幕 píngmù qián Hòu 退 tuì lái 检视 jiǎn shì xià 明暗关系 guānxi .

Blur your eyes or step back from the screen to check values.

夏日 xià rì Xiàng wǎn , xiá jǐn ,天空 tiānkōng 十分 shífēn 美丽 měilì .

The summer sky and the rosy clouds look beautiful at dusk.

大约 dàyuē 20 miǎo Hòu ,影音 yǐng yīn 讯号 xùn hào 便 biàn huì 投射 tóu shè zài 银幕 yín mù shǎng .

AV signal will appear on the screen around 20 seconds later.

一阵 yī zhèn 倾盆 qīng pén 下来 xià lai le ,越来越 yuè lái yuè de 狂风 kuáng fēng 顺着 shùn zhe 地面 dì miàn 刮成了一 piān 一片 de 雨幕.

A drenching rain poured down and the rising hurricane drove it in sheets along the ground.

dāng duì 回述 zhè 令人 lìng rén 作呕 zuò ǒu de Chǒu 戏时,真是 zhēn shi huài le .

When he repeated to me the sordid little scene I was outraged.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
canopy or tent
屏幕 píngmù screen (TV, computer or movie)屏幕 píngmù
幕后 mù hòu behind the scenes幕後
开幕 kāi mù to inaugurate開幕
开幕式 kāimùshì opening ceremony開幕式
内幕 nèimù inside story內幕
字幕 zìmù caption字幕 zìmù
帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain帷幕 wéi mù
序幕 xù mù prologue序幕 xù mù
闭幕 bì mù the curtain falls閉幕
银幕 yín mù movie screen銀幕
落幕 luò mù the curtain drops落幕 luò mù
揭幕 jiē mù opening揭幕 jiē mù
夜幕 yè mù curtain of night夜幕 yè mù
幕僚 mù liáo aids and advisors of top officials幕僚 mù liáo
幕府 mù fǔ administration of a military government幕府 mù fǔ
谢幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call謝幕
荧幕 yíng mù TV screen熒幕
闭幕式 bì mù shì closing ceremony閉幕式
黑幕 hēi mù hidden details黑幕 hēi mù
幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain幕布 mù bù
幕墙 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)幕牆
烟幕 yān mù smokescreen煙幕
烟幕弹 yān mù dàn smoke bomb煙幕彈
开幕词 kāi mù cí opening speech (at a conference)開幕詞

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