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牟 móu

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牟 móu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
móu | mou2
English translation
to profit, to usurp; moo

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About 牟 móu

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

牟 móu

Contains the radical

牛 Niú

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

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Etymology of 牟 móu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱厶牛

Semantic compound

牛 Niú

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Example sentences using 牟 móu

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乘 Chéng 物资 wùzī 缺乏 quēfá 牟取暴利 móu qǔ bào lì 是 shì 不 bù 对 duì 的 de .

Profiteering in a time of shortage is wrong.

悉达多 duō ·高 Gāo 多 duō 玛 mǎ (释迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní 之俗姓 xìng )抓住 zhuā zhù 了 le 智慧 zhìhuì 的 de 闪现 shǎn xiàn ?

Could the flash of wisdom that came over Siddhartha Gautama?

他们 tā men 一直 yīzhí 人 rén 为 wéi 地使糖 táng 的 de 价格 jiàgé 居高不下 jū gāo bù xià ，以此 yǐ cǐ 为 wéi 公司 gōngsī 牟利 móu lì 。

They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits.

Words with 牟 móu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
牟利 móu lì to exploit牟利 móu lì
牟 móu barley牟 móu
牟取暴利 móu qǔ bào lì to profiteer牟取暴利 móu qǔ bào lì
牟取 móu qǔ to exploit牟取 móu qǔ
释迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)釋迦牟尼
中牟 Zhōng mù Zhongmu county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州 Zhèng zhōu [Zhèng​zhōu], Henan中牟 Zhōng mù
中牟县 Zhōng móu xiàn Zhongmou county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州 Zhèng zhōu [Zhèng​zhōu], Henan中牟縣
牟平 Mù píng Muping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市 Yān tái shì , Shandong牟平 Mù píng
牟平区 Mù píng qū Muping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市 Yān tái shì , Shandong牟平區
牟定县 Móu dìng xiàn Mouding county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州 Chǔ xióng Yí zú zì zhì zhōu [Chǔ​xióng​Yí​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan牟定縣
牟定 Móu dìng Mouding county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州 Chǔ xióng Yí zú zì zhì zhōu [Chǔ​xióng​Yí​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan牟定 Móu dìng
释迦牟尼佛 Shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)釋迦牟尼佛

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