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摸

mō

HSK 5 Character

What 摸 means

1. to feel with the hand
2. to touch
3. to stroke
4. to grope
5. to steal
6. to abstract

Other readings

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

• móvariant of {摹|mó}

Example sentences

• 请勿触摸。
  Qǐng wù chùmō.
  Don't touch.
• 孩子摸着猫。
  The child pets the cat.
• 来吧，摸一下。
  Come on, touch it.
• 她摸索着一张纸。
  Tā mōsuo zhe yī zhāng zhǐ.
  She fumbled with a piece of paper.
• 他们不断地摸索。
  Tāmen bù duàn de mōsuo.
  They kept on feeling their way.
• 摸这条蛇安全吗?
  Is this snake safe to touch?

Words starting with 摸

• 摸索mō suoto feel about; to grope about; to fumble
• 摸不着头脑mō bu zháo tóu nǎoto be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss
• 摸清mō qīngto suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
• 摸黑mō hēito grope about in the dark
• 摸底mō dǐto have a clear view (of a situation); to fish for information; fact-finding
• 摸爬滚打mō pá gǔn dǎto go through challenging experiences; to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
• 摸鱼mō yúto catch fish; (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy
• 摸吧mō bātouch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
• 摸彩mō cǎito draw lots; raffle; lottery
• 摸排mō páithorough search
• 摸牌mō páito draw a tile (at mahjong); to play mahjong
• 摸象mō xiàngto touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
• 摸不着mō bu zháocan't touch; can't reach; (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
• 摸得着mō de zháoto be able to touch; tangible
• 摸不着边mō bu zháo biāncan't make head or tail of
• 摸着石头过河mō zhe shí tou guò héto wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)…
• 摸脉mō màito feel sb's pulse
• 摸金校尉mō jīn xiào wèi(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to…
• 摸八圈mō bā quānto play mahjong

Words containing 摸

• 抚摸fǔ mōto gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
• 触摸chù mōto touch
• 偷偷摸摸tōu tōu mō mō(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky
• 捉摸zhuō mōto fathom; to make sense of; to grasp
• 估摸gū moto reckon; to guess
• 偷摸tōu mōsurreptitious; sneaky
• 寻摸xún moto look for; to explore; to probe
• 探摸tàn mōto feel for sth; to grope
• 自摸zì mō(mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile; (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate
• 不摸头bù mō tóunot acquainted with the situation; not up on things
• 触摸屏chù mō píngtouchscreen
• 触摸板chù mō bǎntouchpad; trackpad
• 偷鸡摸狗tōu jī mō gǒuto imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to pilfer; to dally with women
• 合眼摸象hé yǎn mō xiàngto touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
• 小偷小摸xiǎo tōu xiǎo mōto engage in petty theft
• 触摸屏幕chù mō píng mùtouchscreen
• 鬼摸脑壳guǐ mō nǎo ké(idiom) muddled; momentarily confused
• 盲人摸象máng rén mō xiàngblind people touch an elephant…
• 众盲摸象zhòng máng mō xiàngmultitude of blind people touch an elephant…
• 捉摸不定zhuō mō bù dìng(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
• 难以捉摸nán yǐ zhuō mōelusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
• 瞎子摸象xiā zi mō xiàngblind people touch an elephant…
• 浑水摸鱼hún shuǐ mō yúto fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
• 顺藤摸瓜shùn téng mō guālit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues

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
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 寞mòlonesome
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly
• 貘mòtapir

Characters that look like 摸

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

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch
• 摞luòto pile up; to stack; a pile