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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mā | ma1
English translation
to wipe
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǒ | mo3
English translation
to smear
to wipe
to erase
classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
to plaster
to go around
to skirt
to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌末

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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附近 fùjìn 微云 xíng chuàn 鼓鼓囊囊 gǔ gu nāng nāng de xiǎo 香肠 xiāngcháng .

There was a string of tiny clouds shaped like miniature plump sausages.

护士 hùshi 轻轻地伤口 shāng kǒu shǎng de xuè .

The nurse gently mopped the blood from the wound.

gāi 努力 nǔlì chú 那次事故 shìgù de 记忆 jìyì .

You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.

他们 tā men zài 房子 fáng zi de 四壁 shǎng 一层 yī céng 水泥 shuǐní .

They surfaced the walls of the house with cement.

屋顶 wū dǐng 涂抹 túmǒ le céng 沥青 lì qīng .

The roof was covered with tar.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to smear
涂抹 túmǒ to paint塗抹
抹杀 mǒshā to erase抹殺
抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit抹黑 mǒ hēi
抹布 mā bù cleaning rag抹布 mā bù
拐弯抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo to equivocate拐彎抹角
浓妆艳抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)濃妝艷抹
抹胸 mò xiōng old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen抹胸 mò xiōng
抹煞 mǒ shā to erase抹煞 mǒ shā
涂脂抹粉 tú zhī mǒ fěn to put on makeup塗脂抹粉
抹香鲸 mǒ xiāng jīng cachalot抹香鯨
抹灰 mǒ huī to plaster抹灰 mǒ huī
抹脖子 mǒ bó zi to commit suicide抹脖子 mǒ bó zi
转弯抹角 zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo to equivocate轉彎抹角
淡妆浓抹 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ in light or heavy makeup (idiom)淡妝濃抹
哭天抹泪 kū tiān mǒ lèi to wail and whine哭天抹淚
抹消 mǒ xiāo to erase抹消 mǒ xiāo
一笔抹杀 yī bǐ mǒ shā to blot out at one stroke一筆抹殺
抹刀 mǒ dāo scraper抹刀 mǒ dāo
抹稀泥 mǒ xī ní to try to smooth things over抹稀泥 mǒ xī ní

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Decomposition

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