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末

mò

HSK 3 Character

What 末 means

1. tip
2. end
3. final stage
4. latter part
5. inessential detail
6. powder
7. dust
8. opera role of old man

Other readings

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

• mevariant of {么|me}

Example sentences

• 周末见！
  See you this weekend!
• 周末愉快。
  Have a good weekend!
• 周末愉快！
  Have a nice weekend!
• 他一般周末在家
  He's generally at home on weekends
• 她周末病倒了。
  Tā zhōumò bìngdǎo le.
  She got sick this weekend.
• 你周末喜欢做什么
  What do you like to do on the weekends?

Words starting with 末

• 末日mò rìlast day; end; final days
• 末了mò liǎo(colloquial) final part; last bit; (colloquial) in the end; finally
• 末期mò qīend (of a period); last part; final phase
• 末尾mò wěiend; tip; extremity
• 末年mò niánthe final years (of a regime)
• 末班车mò bān chēlast bus or train; last chance
• 末端mò duāntip; extremity
• 末代mò dàifinal generation
• 末世mò shìlast phase (of an age)
• 末路mò lùdead end; impasse; end of the road; final days
• 末节mò jiéinessentials; minor detail
• 末任mò rèn(of the holder of an official post which no longer exists) the last (incumbent)
• 末儿mò rpowder; puree
• 末子mò zipowder; dust
• 末席mò xíend seat; place for less senior person
• 末座mò zuòend seat; final place (for less senior person)
• 末后mò hòufinally
• 末段mò duànfinal segment; last stage
• 末流mò liúlate degenerate stage
• 末篇mò piānfinal installment; last phase; end
• 末艺mò yìsmall skill; my humble capabilities
• 末药mò yàomyrrh (Commiphora myrrha); also written 没药
• 末车mò chēthe last bus (or train)
• 末速mò sùspeed at the end of the trajectory; speed in the final stage

Words containing 末

• 周末zhōu mòweekend
• 粉末fěn mòfine powder; dust
• 期末qī mòthe end of a term or semester (in school)
• 世纪末shì jì mòend of the century
• 年末nián mòend of the year
• 清末Qīng mòthe final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝; late Qing
• 月末yuè mòend of month; late in the month
• 岁末suì mòend of the year
• 始末shǐ mòwhole story; the ins and outs
• 芥末jiè momustard; wasabi
• 明末Míng mòlate Ming; first half of the 17th century
• 本末倒置běn mò dào zhìlit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect…
• 肉末ròu mòground meat
• 穷途末路qióng tú mò lùlit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse…
• 元末Yuán mòfinal years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); mid 14th century
• 切末qiè mostage props
• 微末wēi mòtiny; negligible
• 本末běn mòthe whole course of an event from beginning to end; ins and outs…
• 终末zhōng mòthe end; (medicine) final phase; end-stage
• 结末jié mòending; finally
• 威末酒wēi mò jiǔvermouth (loanword)
• 战国末zhàn guó mòlate Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
• 期末考qī mò kǎofinal exam
• 且末遗址Qiě mò yí zhǐruins of Cherchen, Qarqan or Chiemo, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous…

Characters that look like 末

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

• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 术shùmethod; technique
• 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 朱zhūvermilion

Sounds the same

Read mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 默silent; to write from memory
• 漠desert; unconcerned
• 寞lonesome
• 陌raised path; street
• 莫do not; there is none who
• 墨ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the…
• 沫foam; suds
• 没drowned; to end; to die
• 茉used in 茉莉
• 磨grindstone; to grind; to turn round
• 抹to plaster; to go around; to skirt
• 殁to end; to die