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慕

mù

HSK 4 Character

What 慕 means

1. to admire

Example sentences

• 我羡慕他。
  I envy him.
• 好羡慕啊。
  I'm so jealous!
• 她爱慕她哥哥。
  Tā àimù tā gēge.
  She adores her older brother.
• 汤姆爱慕玛丽。
  Tom adores Mary.
• 你常去慕尼黑吗？
  Do you go to Munich often?
• 我羡慕他的新房子。
  I envied his new house.

Words starting with 慕

• 慕尼黑Mù ní hēiMünchen or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
• 慕容Mù rónga branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑; two-character surname Murong
• 慕名mù míngto admire sb's reputation; to seek out famous person or location
• 慕名而来mù míng ér láito come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom)…
• 慕斯mù sī(loanword) (cuisine) mousse
• 慕丝mù sī(Taiwan; loanword) mousse (cosmetic or hairstyling product)
• 慕课mù kèMOOC (massive open online course) (loanword)
• 慕道友mù dào yǒureligious investigator
• 慕士塔格峰Mù shì tǎ gé FēngMuztagh Ata, second highest peak of the Pamir Mountains
• 慕洋犬mù yáng quǎn(slang) (derog.) person who uncritically admires the West while disparaging China…
• 慕田峪Mù tián yùMutianyu, well-preserved section of the Great Wall 70km from Beijing

Words containing 慕

• 羡慕xiàn mùto envy; to admire
• 爱慕ài mùto adore; to admire
• 仰慕yǎng mùto admire
• 倾慕qīng mùto adore; to admire greatly
• 久慕jiǔ mùlit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).…
• 企慕qǐ mùto admire
• 向慕xiàng mùto adore
• 思慕sī mùto cherish the memory of sb; to think of with respect
• 恋慕liàn mùto be enamored of; to have tender feelings for; to be sentimentally attached to…
• 尚慕杰Shàng mù jiéJames Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999
• 那达慕Nà dá mùNadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August
• 韦慕庭Wéi Mù tíngClarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University
• 爱慕虚荣ài mù xū róngvain
• 新慕道团xīn mù dào tuánneo Catechumenal way
• 渴慕kě mùto thirst for
• 让人羡慕ràng rén xiàn mùenviable; to be admired
• 羡慕嫉妒恨xiàn mù jí dù hènto be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)
• 百慕大Bǎi mù dàBermuda
• 百慕达Bǎi mù dáBermuda (Tw)
• 百慕大三角Bǎi mù dà sān jiǎoBermuda Triangle

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.

• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 暮mùevening; sunset

Characters that look like 慕

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

• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 蕙huìCoumarouna odorata

Sounds the same

Read mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 目eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 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
• 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)