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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mò | mo4
English translation
foam
suds
bubbles, foam, froth, suds

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵末

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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阿尔奇 rǎng le shēng , yòu wǎng 地上 dì shang cuì le 一口 yī kǒu 唾沫 tuò mo .

Archie grunted and spat on the floor.

试验 shìyàn 结果表明,天然 tiān rán 乳胶 rǔ jiāo 氨基 ān jī 甲酸 jiǎ suān zhǐ 泡沫 pàomò 床垫 chuáng diàn 燃烧 ránshāo zuì kuài .

The results of the tests indicated that latex and polyurethane foam mattresses burned fastest.

piē le 煮沸 zhǔ fèi 糖浆 táng jiāng shǎng de 泡沫 pàomò .

I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.

gāi 公司 gōngsī yòng 泡沫塑料 pào mò sù liào 包住 bāo zhù 牌匾 pái biǎn 防止 fángzhǐ zài 运输 yùnshū 过程 guòchéng Zhōng 受损 shòu sǔn

The company provides a styrofoam cushion to protect the tablets during shipping.

蛋清 dàn qīng 搅至起沫 ér 黏稠 nián chóu de 程度 chéngdù

Whisk the egg whites until they are foamy but not stiff.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
泡沫 pàomò foam泡沫 pàomò
唾沫 tuò mo spittle唾沫 tuò mo
foam
泡沫塑料 pào mò sù liào styrofoam泡沫塑料 pào mò sù liào
郭沫若 Guō Mò ruò Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik郭沫若 Guō Mò ruò
相濡以沫 xiāng rú yǐ mò mutual help in humble circumstances相濡以沫 xiāng rú yǐ mò
白沫 bái mò froth白沫 bái mò
吐沫 tù mo saliva吐沫 tù mo
飞沫 fēi mò aerosol飛沫
肥皂沫 féi zào mò foam肥皂沫 féi zào mò
口沫 kǒu mò spittle口沫 kǒu mò
廖沫沙 Liào Mò shā Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution廖沫沙 Liào Mò shā
涎沫 xián mò spittle涎沫 xián mò

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Decomposition

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