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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mó | mo2
English translation
to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

莫手

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using

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dào le chī 晚饭 wǎn fàn de 时候 shíhou ,华格这件 shì 大肆 dàsì 宣染,描摹 miáo mó 活灵活现 huó líng huó xiàn .

Wagg told the story at dinner very smartly, with wonderful accuracy of observation.

现在 xiànzài 按照 ànzhào 体型 tǐ xíng 由小到大 de 顺序 shùnxù huà chū 或是 huò shì 临摹 lín mó chū 10 zhǐ 恐龙 kǒng lóng

Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.

通过 tōngguò 描摹 miáo mó jiù 故事 gùshì 书上 de 图画 tú huà 学会 xué huì le 画画

She learned to draw by tracing pictures out of old storybooks.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to copy
临摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)臨摹
摹仿 mó fǎng to imitate摹仿 mó fǎng
描摹 miáo mó to trace over描摹 miáo mó
摹拟 mó nǐ imitation摹擬
摹写 mó xiě to trace over摹寫

Decomposition & Compounds

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