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máo

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máo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
máo | mao2
English translation
rushes, reeds, grass; surname

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About máo

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

máo

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of máo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹矛

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

máo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and máo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using máo

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那种 nà zhǒng 热情 rèqíng , jiù chūn yuè duì 某事 mǒu shì 茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi de 那种热情,一模一样 yī mú yī yàng .

His enthusiasm was like Spring Moon's when she had mastered a concept.

Cóng jiā 茅屋 máo wū yǒng chū duī 一堆 yī duī de rén qún , Cóng 门口 mén kǒu 蹦出一群一群小孩 xiǎo hái .

The houses belched people; the doorways spewed out children.

那时 nà shí , zhēng zài de 茅舍 máo shè shuì hěn xiāng .

I was fast asleep in my butch at that time.

再则 zài zé ,孩子 háizi 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 地大 le ,茅屋 máo wū ,斜坡 xié pō shǎng , zǒng 荡漾 dàng yàng zhāo 他们 tā men de rǎng jiào 笑声 xiào shēng .

Even her mother - in - law's grass - covered grave mound became a source of comfort.

茅草 máo cǎo 屋顶 wū dǐng de 椽子 chuán zi shǎng guà zhāo 几串 gān 洋葱 yáng cōng suàn

From the rafters of the thatched roofs hung strings of dried onions and garlic.

Words with máo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
máo reeds máo
茅台 Máo tái Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒 máo tái jiǔ 茅臺
茅屋 máo wū thatched cottage茅屋 máo wū
名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best名列前茅 míng liè qián máo
达特茅斯 Dá tè máo sī Dartmouth (place name)達特茅斯
普利茅斯 Pǔ lì máo sī Plymouth普利茅斯 Pǔ lì máo sī
初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú novice初出茅廬
茅台酒 máo tái jiǔ maotai (a Chinese liquor)茅臺酒
茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit茅坑 máo kēng
茅草 máo cǎo sogon grass茅草 máo cǎo
茅盾 Máo Dùn Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist茅盾 Máo Dùn
茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear茅塞頓開
茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism)茅房 máo fáng
茅厕 máo si (dialect) latrine茅廁
前茅 qián máo (fig.) the top ranks前茅 qián máo
茅山 Máo Shān Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容 Jù róng [Jù​róng], Jiangsu Province茅山 Máo Shān
茅舍 máo shè cottage茅舍 máo shè
思茅 Sī máo Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 Pǔ ěr shì in 2007思茅 Sī máo
三顾茅庐 sān gù máo lú lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage三顧茅廬

máo Decomposition & Compounds

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