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寞

mò

HSK 5 Character

What 寞 means

1. lonesome

Example sentences

• 我很寂寞。
  I'm very lonely.
• 我最近很寂寞。
  I feel very lonely these days.
• 她的生活很寂寞。
  Tā de shēnghuó hěn jìmò.
  She lived a lonely life.
• 我最近非常寂寞。
  I feel very lonely these days.
• 汤姆感到十分寂寞。
  Tom felt very lonely.
• 我的寂寞是一条蛇。
  My loneliness is a snake.

Words containing 寞

• 寂寞jì mòlonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet
• 落寞luò mòlonely; desolate
• 不甘寂寞bù gān jì mòunwilling to remain lonely or idle; unwilling to be left out

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.

• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly
• 貘mòtapir

Characters that look like 寞

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

• 塞sè(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 熏xūnto smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils
• 窦dòu(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
• 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant

Sounds the same

Read mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 末tip; end; final stage
• 默silent; to write from memory
• 漠desert; unconcerned
• 陌raised path; street
• 莫do not; there is none who
• 墨ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the…
• 沫foam; suds
• 没drowned; to end; to die
• 茉used in 茉莉
• 磨grindstone; to grind; to turn round
• 抹to plaster; to go around; to skirt
• 殁to end; to die