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摩

mó

HSK 5 Character

What 摩 means

1. to rub

Other readings

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

• māused in {摩挲|mā sa}

Example sentences

• 她是按摩师。
  She works as a massage therapist.
• 骑摩托车很有趣。
  It's fun to ride a motorcycle.
• 她给他做了个按摩。
  Tā gěi tā zuò le gè ànmó.
  She gave him a massage.
• 我的摩托车是新的。
  My motorcycle is new.
• 汤姆骑摩托车上班。
  Tom goes to work by motorcycle.
• 汤姆想要一辆摩托车。
  Tom wants a motorcycle.

Words starting with 摩

• 摩托车mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle
• 摩擦mó cāfriction; rubbing; chafing
• 摩托mó tuō(loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托车
• 摩托罗拉Mó tuō luó lāMotorola
• 摩登mó dēngmodern (loanword); fashionable
• 摩洛哥Mó luò gēMorocco
• 摩西Mó xīMoses
• 摩挲mā sa(colloquial) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand; Taiwan pr. mó suō
• 摩纳哥Mó nà gēMonaco
• 摩天大楼mó tiān dà lóuskyscraper
• 摩天mó tiānskyscraping; towering into the sky
• 摩尔mó ěrmole (chemistry)
• 摩拳擦掌mó quán cā zhǎngfig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)…
• 摩羯Mó jiéCapricorn (star sign); northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or…
• 摩尼教Mó ní jiàoManichaeism
• 摩梭Mó suōMosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
• 摩肩接踵mó jiān jiē zhǒnglit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd
• 摩卡mó kǎmocha (loanword)
• 摩城Mó chéngMo i Rana (city in Nordland, Norway)
• 摩尼Mó níMani (3rd century AD), Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism
• 摩旅mó lǚto travel by motorcycle
• 摩的mó dīmotorcycle taxi; abbr. for 摩托车的士
• 摩门Mó ménMormon (religion)
• 摩天轮mó tiān lúnFerris wheel; observation wheel

Words containing 摩

• 按摩àn mómassage; to massage
• 观摩guān móto observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example)
• 抚摩fǔ móto stroke; to caress
• 揣摩chuǎi móto analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom
• 徐志摩Xú Zhì móXu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
• 斯德哥尔摩Sī dé gē ěr móStockholm, capital of Sweden
• 达摩Dá móDharma, the teaching of Buddha; Bodhidharma
• 萨摩Sà móSatsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a…
• 按摩师àn mó shīmasseur; massage therapist
• 提摩太tí mó tàiTimothy
• 福摩萨Fú mó sàFormosa
• 科摩洛Kē mó luòComoros
• 科摩罗Kē mó luóUnion of the Comoros
• 萨摩亚Sà mó yàSamoa
• 萨摩耶sà mó yéSamoyed (dog)
• 阿拉摩Ā lā móAlamo, city in United States
• 巴尔的摩Bā ěr dì móBaltimore (place name, surname etc)
• 爱斯基摩Ài sī jī móEskimo
• 提摩西草tí mó xī cǎo(loanword) Timothy grass
• 水上摩托shuǐ shàng mó tuōjet ski
• 福尔摩斯Fú ěr mó sīSherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·歇洛克·福尔摩斯
• 福尔摩沙Fú ěr mó shāFormosa (Tw)
• 西萨摩亚Xī Sà mó yàWestern Samoa
• 关塔纳摩Guān tǎ nà móGuantanamo, Cuba

Characters built on 麻

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

• 魔mó(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 麽mótiny; insignificant

Characters that look like 摩

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

• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 薄bómeager; slight; weak
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 廖Liàosurname Liao
• 翟dílong-tail pheasant

Sounds the same

Read mó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 模to imitate; model; norm
• 麽tiny; insignificant
• 魔(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 磨to rub; to grind; to polish
• 膜membrane; film
• 馍small loaf of steamed bread
• 无used in 南无
• 嬷dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 妈; Taiwan pr. mā
• 摹(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 谟plan; to practice
• 蘑mushroom
• 嫫ugly woman