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昧

mèi

HSK 6 Character

What 昧 means

1. to conceal
2. dark

Example sentences

• 愚昧始终是危险的。
  Ignorance is always dangerous.
• 他们的关系有些暧昧。
  Tāmen de guānxi yǒuxiē àimèi.
  Their relationship is dubious.
• 世上的罪恶差不多总是由愚昧无知造成的。
  Shìshàng de zuì'è chàbuduō zǒngshì yóu yúmèiwúzhī zàochéng de.
  The world's evil almost always comes from ignorance.
• 智慧高的人听闻「道」，会努力实践；中等智慧的人听闻「道」，会半信半疑；愚昧的人听闻「道」，则会嘲笑它。「道」若不被嘲笑，就称不上真正的道。
  Those of high wisdom, when they hear the "Way", strive to practice it; those of moderate wisdom, when they hear the "Way", are half-believing and half-doubting; the ignorant, when they hear the "Way", mock it. If the "Way" is not mocked, it cannot be called the true "Way".

Words starting with 昧

• 昧心mèi xīnagainst one's conscience
• 昧旦mèi dànthe time just before daybreak
• 昧死mèi sǐto risk one's life
• 昧没mèi mòveiled; obscure
• 昧良心mèi liáng xīnit goes against one's conscience

Words containing 昧

• 暧昧ài mèivague; ambiguous; equivocal
• 愚昧yú mèiignorant; uneducated; ignorance
• 冒昧mào mèibold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of
• 三昧sān mèiSamadhi (Buddhist term)
• 拾金不昧shí jīn bù mèito pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
• 暗昧àn mèiobscure; remaining unenlightened
• 蒙昧méng mèiuncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken
• 恕我冒昧shù wǒ mào mèiif I may be so bold
• 愚昧无知yú mèi wú zhīstupid and ignorant (idiom)
• 瞒心昧己mán xīn mèi jǐto blot out one's conscience
• 素昧平生sù mèi píng shēng(idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
• 蒙昧无知méng mèi wú zhībenighted (idiom); ignorant
• 不揣冒昧bù chuǎi mào mèito venture to; to presume to; to take the liberty of
• 暧昧关系ài mèi guān xìshady relationship; affair; adulterous relationship

Characters built on 未

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

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 魅mèidemon; magic; to charm
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 耒lěiplow

Characters that look like 昧

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

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 殊shū(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 晌shǎngpart of the day; midday
• 盹dǔndoze; nap

Sounds the same

Read mèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 妹younger sister
• 魅demon; magic; to charm
• 媚(bound form) to flatter; (bound form) charming
• 寐to sleep soundly
• 袂sleeve of a robe
• 沬dawn; place name
• 眛blind; imperceptive
• 煝be radiant; flaming; drought
• 痗disease caused by anxiety
• 篃a kind of bamboo
• 韎a grass that gives red dye
• 谜see 谜儿