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摸索

mō suo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

摸索 (mō suo) means "to feel about; to grope about; to fumble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 摸索 means

1. to feel about
2. to grope about
3. to fumble
4. to do things slowly

The characters in 摸索

• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask

Example sentences

• 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.

Where 摸索 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · mó–mú (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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