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募

mù

Character

What 募 means

1. to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist

Example sentences

• 我们请女孩带着募捐箱来到舞台。
  Wǒmen qǐng nǚhái dài zhe mùjuān xiāng láidào wǔtái.
  Would the girls please bring the donation boxes up to the stage?
• 这则分类广告招募女歌手组成无伴奏合唱团。
  The classified ad wanted female singers to form an a cappella group.
• 普丁正在从黎巴嫩难民营中招募巴勒斯坦难民前往乌克兰为他作战；显然他自己的士兵不够强悍。
  Putin is plucking Palestinian refugees from Lebanese camps to go fight for him in Ukraine; apparently his own soldiers aren't tough enough.

Words starting with 募

• 募捐mù juānto solicit contributions; to collect donations
• 募集mù jíto raise; to collect
• 募化mù huà(of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms
• 募款mù kuǎnto raise money; donated money
• 募缘mù yuán(of a monk) to beg for food
• 募资mù zīto raise capital

Words containing 募

• 招募zhāo mùto recruit; to enlist
• 公募gōng mùpublic placement (investing)
• 召募zhào mùto recruit; to enlist
• 征募zhēng mùto conscript
• 捐募juān mùto solicit contributions; to collect donations
• 私募sī mùprivate placement (investing)
• 筹募chóu mùto raise funds; to collect money
• 私募基金sī mù jī jīnprivate equity fund; fund offered to private placement (e.g. hedge fund)
• 首次公开募股shǒu cì gōng kāi mù gǔinitial public offering (IPO)

Characters built on 莫

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

• 慕mùto admire
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 暮mùevening; sunset

Characters that look like 募

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

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 幕mùcurtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 晷guǐsundial
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 目eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 慕to admire
• 木(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 幕curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 牧to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 墓grave; tomb; mausoleum
• 沐to bathe; to cleanse; to receive
• 睦amicable; harmonious
• 暮evening; sunset
• 穆solemn; reverent; calm
• 牟used in 牟平; used in 中牟
• 钼molybdenum (chemistry)