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亩

mǔ

Character Traditional 畝

What 亩 means

1. classifier for fields
2. unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare

Other readings

亩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mǔold variant of {亩|mǔ}
• mǔold variant of {亩|mǔ}
• mǔold variant of {亩|mǔ}

Example sentences

• 那个牧场有十英亩大。
  Nàge mùchǎng yǒu shí yīngmǔ dà.
  That pasture is ten acres.
• 牧场的面积有10英亩。
  The pasture has an area of 10 acres.
• 在接下来的十五年里，建筑师、计划者和社区开发企业为了把三百四十六英亩的工业荒地改变成六千五百座房子、两个购物中心、一个小艇船坞、一个学校、一个高中和公用场地都会一起工作。
  Zài jiēxiàlái de shíwǔ nián lǐ, jiànzhùshī, jìhuà zhě hé shèqū kāifā qǐyè wèile bǎ sān bǎi sìshí liù yīngmǔ de gōngyè huāngdì gǎibiàn chéng liù qiān wǔ bǎi zuò fángzi, liǎng gè gòuwùzhōngxīn, yī gè xiǎo tǐng chuánwù, yī gè xuéxiào, yī gè gāozhōng hé gōngyòng chǎngdì dōu huì yīqǐ gōngzuò.
  Over the next fifteen years, architects, planners and community developers will work together to transform 346 acres of industrial wasteland into 6,500 homes, two shopping centres, a marina, a primary school and college, and parkland.

Words containing 亩

• 英亩yīng mǔacre
• 公亩gōng mǔare (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²)
• 地亩dì mǔarea of farmland
• 田亩tián mǔfield
• 一亩三分地yī mǔ sān fēn dìa piece of land of 1.3 mu 亩; (fig.) one's turf

Characters that look like 亩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 苗miáosprout
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 囱cōng(bound form) chimney

Sounds the same

Read mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 母mother; elderly female relative; origin
• 姆(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 姥governess; old woman
• 牡(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 拇thumb; big toe
• 牳(bovine)
• 𬭁used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 𧿹(bound form) big toe
• 畒old variant of 亩
• 娒variant of 姆