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幕

mù

HSK 5 Character

What 幕 means

1. curtain or screen
2. canopy or tent
3. headquarters of a general
4. act (of a play)

Other readings

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

• mùold variant of {幕|mù}; curtain; screen

Example sentences

• 谢幕了。
  Xièmù le.
  The curtain fell.
• 夜幕降临了！
  Yèmùjiànglín le!
  Night has fallen!
• 幕后操纵者是谁？
  Mùhòucāozòng zhě shì shéi?
  Who's behind it?
• 奥运会已经开幕了。
  àoyùnhuì yǐjīng kāimù le.
  The opening ceremony of the Olympics has already begun.
• 昨天举办了开幕式。
  Zuótiān jǔbàn le kāimùshì.
  The opening ceremony took place yesterday.
• 萤幕闪着绿色的光。
  Yíngmù shǎn zhe lǜsè de guāng.
  The screen is giving off green light.

Words starting with 幕

• 幕后mù hòubehind the scenes
• 幕布mù bù(theater) curtain
• 幕墙mù qiángcurtain wall (architecture)
• 幕僚mù liáoaides and advisors of top officials
• 幕府mù fǔ(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer…
• 幕间mù jiāninterval (between acts in theater)
• 幕后黑手mù hòu hēi shǒumalign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand
• 幕后操纵mù hòu cāo zòngto manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull the strings
• 幕后花絮mù hòu huā xù(cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage; bonus features…

Words containing 幕

• 字幕zì mùsubtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
• 开幕式kāi mù shìopening ceremony
• 内幕nèi mùinside story; non-public information; behind the scenes
• 屏幕píng mùscreen (TV, computer or movie)
• 开幕kāi mùto open (a conference); to inaugurate
• 银幕yín mùmovie screen
• 夜幕yè mùcurtain of night; gathering darkness
• 序幕xù mùprologue
• 黑幕hēi mùhidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets
• 帷幕wéi mùheavy curtain
• 闭幕bì mùthe curtain falls; lower the curtain; to come to an end (of a meeting)
• 落幕luò mùthe curtain drops; the end of the show
• 谢幕xiè mùto take a curtain call; (fig.) to come to an end
• 闭幕式bì mù shìclosing ceremony
• 揭幕jiē mùopening; unveiling
• 报幕bào mùannounce the items on a (theatrical) program
• 布幕bù mùscreen (movie theater etc)
• 帐幕zhàng mùtent
• 府幕fǔ mùgovernment advisor
• 弹幕dàn mù(military) barrage; "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen…
• 会幕huì mùtabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)
• 水幕shuǐ mùwater screen…
• 环幕huán mù360° cinema screen
• 结幕jié mùfinal scene (of a play); denouement

Characters that look like 幕

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

• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly

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
• 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
• 募to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 牟used in 牟平; used in 中牟
• 钼molybdenum (chemistry)