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抹

mǒ

HSK 6 Character

What 抹 means

1. to smear
2. to wipe
3. to erase
4. classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc

Other readings

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

• māto wipe
• mòto plaster; to go around; to skirt

Example sentences

• 不要拐弯抹角。
  Bù yào guǎiwānmòjiǎo.
  Don't beat around the bush.
• 她买了一件新抹胸。
  Tā mǎi le yī jiàn xīn mòxiōng.
  She bought a new "moxiong".
• 我想买一条抹胸裙。
  I would like to buy a strapless dress.
• 他用手帕把手抹干净。
  Tāyòng shǒupà bǎshǒu mā gānjìng.
  He wiped his hands on a handkerchief.
• 黑板的句子被抹掉了。
  The sentence on the blackboard was erased.
• 他希望抹去不好的记忆。
  Tā xīwàng mǒqù bù hǎo de jìyì.
  He wishes to erase bad memories.

Words starting with 抹

• 抹杀mǒ shāto erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence
• 抹去mǒ qùto erase
• 抹布mā bùcleaning rag; also pr. mǒ bù
• 抹黑mǒ hēito discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name
• 抹刀mǒ dāoscraper; trowel; putty knife
• 抹平mǒ píngto flatten; to level; to smooth out
• 抹油mǒ yóuto anoint
• 抹消mǒ xiāoto erase; to wipe
• 抹泪mǒ lèito wipe away tears; (fig.) to shed tears
• 抹灰mǒ huīto plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on
• 抹片mǒ piànsmear (used for medical test) (Tw)
• 抹胸mò xiōngold feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
• 抹茶mǒ chágreen tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
• 抹不下脸mǒ bù xià liǎnto be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
• 抹酱mǒ jiàngspread (food)
• 抹脖子mǒ bó zito slit one's own throat; to commit suicide
• 抹香鲸mǒ xiāng jīngsperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
• 抹零mǒ líng(of a seller) to round down the fractional part of a bill
• 抹一鼻子灰mǒ yī bí zi huīlit. to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
• 抹煞mǒ shāvariant of 抹杀
• 抹稀泥mǒ xī nísee 和稀泥

Words containing 抹

• 涂抹tú mǒto paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc)
• 拐弯抹角guǎi wān mò jiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)…
• 浓妆艳抹nóng zhuāng yàn mǒto apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
• 擦抹cā mǒto wipe
• 吃干抹净chī gān mā jìng(idiom) to devour (food); (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
• 哭天抹泪kū tiān mǒ lèito wail and whine; piteous weeping
• 涂脂抹粉tú zhī mǒ fěn(idiom) to put on makeup; (idiom) to prettify
• 淡妆浓抹dàn zhuāng nóng mǒin light or heavy makeup (idiom)
• 子宫颈抹片zǐ gōng jǐng mǒ piàncervical smear (Tw)
• 往脸上抹黑wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēito bring shame to; to smear; to disgrace
• 涂抹酱tú mǒ jiàngspread (for putting on bread etc)
• 拭抹shì mǒto swab; to wipe up with a mop
• 一笔抹杀yī bǐ mǒ shāto blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing
• 转弯抹角zhuǎn wān mò jiǎosee 拐弯抹角
• 一笔抹煞yī bǐ mǒ shāvariant of 一笔抹杀
• 乌漆抹黑wū qī mā hēisee 乌漆墨黑

Characters built on 末

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

• 沫mòfoam; suds
• 茉mòused in 茉莉
• 秣mòfeed a horse with grain; horse feed

Characters that look like 抹

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

• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on