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冒

mào

HSK 3 Character

What 冒 means

1. to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
2. to brave; to face
3. bound formreckless
4. to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
5. literaryto cover

Other readings

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

• Màosurname Mao
• màoold variant of {冒|mào}

Example sentences

• 不要冒险。
  Don't run risks.
• 我感冒了。
  I caught the flu.
• 他感冒了。
  He caught a cold.
• 无意冒犯！
  No hard feelings!
• 我昨天感冒了
  I caught a cold yesterday.
• 凯特感冒了。
  Kate has a cold.

Words starting with 冒

• 冒险mào xiǎnto take risks; to take chances; foray
• 冒充mào chōngto feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as
• 冒烟mào yānto discharge smoke; to fume with rage
• 冒犯mào fànto offend
• 冒昧mào mèibold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of
• 冒雨mào yǔto brave the rain
• 冒汗mào hànto sweat
• 冒火mào huǒto get angry; to burn with rage
• 冒失mào shirash; impudent
• 冒牌mào páifake; impostor; quack (doctor)
• 冒险家mào xiǎn jiāadventurer
• 冒死mào sǐto brave death
• 冒进mào jìnto advance prematurely
• 冒名mào míngan impostor; to impersonate
• 冒用mào yòngto falsely use (sb's identity etc)
• 冒着mào zheto brave; to face dangers
• 冒号mào hàocolon (punct.)
• 冒顶mào dǐng(mining) roof fall; to have the roof cave in
• 冒领mào lǐngto obtain by impersonation; to falsely claim as one's own
• 冒头mào tóuto emerge; to crop up; a little more than
• 冒题mào tíwriting style in which the main subject is not introduced initially (opposite: 破题
• 冒出来mào chū láito emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
• 冒失鬼mào shi guǐreckless person; hothead
• 冒牌货mào pái huòfake goods; imitation; forgery

Words containing 冒

• 感冒gǎn màoto catch cold; (common) cold; (colloquial) to be interested in…
• 假冒jiǎ màoto impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit
• 假冒伪劣jiǎ mào wěi liècheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities
• 火冒三丈huǒ mào sān zhàngto get really angry
• 感冒药gǎn mào yàomedicine for colds
• 仿冒fǎng màoto counterfeit; fake
• 假冒品jiǎ mào pǐncounterfeit object; fake
• 眼冒金星yǎn mào jīn xīngto see stars; dazed
• 顶名冒姓dǐng míng mào xìngto pretend to be sb else
• 流行性感冒liú xíng xìng gǎn màoinfluenza
• 真心话大冒险Zhēn xīn huà Dà Mào xiǎnThe Moment of Truth (TV show); Truth or Dare (game)
• 仿冒品fǎng mào pǐncounterfeit object; imitation; fake
• 傻冒shǎ màoidiot; fool; foolish
• 诈冒zhà màoto claim ownership (of stolen goods)
• 恕我冒昧shù wǒ mào mèiif I may be so bold
• 不揣冒昧bù chuǎi mào mèito venture to; to presume to; to take the liberty of
• 顶冒dǐng màoabbr. for 顶名冒姓

Characters built on 目

These share the phonetic component 目 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 窅yǎosunken eyes; deep and hollow; remote and obscure
• 瞀màoindistinct vision; dim

Characters that look like 冒

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

• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 贾gǔmerchant; to buy
• 胃wèistomach
• 宵xiāonight
• 胄zhòuhelmet; descendants
• 苜mùclover

Sounds the same

Read mào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 帽hat; cap
• 貌(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 贸commerce; trade
• 茂luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
• 懋to be hardworking; luxuriant; splendid
• 袤length; distance from north to south
• 瑁(jade)
• 耄extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 芼select; vegetables
• 眊having poor eyesight
• 瞀indistinct vision; dim
• 楙Cydonia japonica