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模

mó

HSK 5 Character

What 模 means

1. to imitate
2. model
3. norm
4. pattern

Other readings

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

• múmold; die; matrix

Example sentences

• 这句句子意思模糊。
  The meaning of this sentence is obscure.
• 他跟哥哥一模一样。
  He is identical to his older brother.
• 那两个是一模一样的。
  Nà liǎng gè shì yīmúyīyàng de.
  Those two are exactly alike.
• 我是演员，不是模特。
  Wǒ shì yǎnyuán, bù shì mótè.
  I'm an actress, not a model.
• 鹦鹉会模仿人的声音。
  Yīngwǔ huì mófǎng rén de shēngyīn.
  A parrot can mimic a person's voice.
• 他模仿了梵高的作品。
  Tā mófǎng le Fán Gāo de zuòpǐn.
  He imitated the works of Van Gogh.

Words starting with 模

• 模糊mó huvague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
• 模仿mó fǎngto imitate; to copy; to emulate
• 模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
• 模样mú yànglook; style; appearance
• 模型mó xíngmodel; mold; matrix
• 模范mó fànmodel; fine example
• 模拟mó nǐimitation; to simulate; to imitate
• 模特mó tè(fashion) model (loanword)
• 模块mó kuàimodule (in software); functional unit; component part
• 模板mú bǎntemplate; (architecture) formwork
• 模糊不清mó hu bù qīngindistinct; fuzzy; blurred with age
• 模具mú jùmold; matrix; pattern or die
• 模子mú zimold; matrix; pattern or die
• 模棱两可mó léng liǎng kěequivocal; ambiguous
• 模因mó yīnmeme (loanword)
• 模形mó xíngpattern
• 模数mó shùanalog-to-digital; abbr. for 模拟到数字
• 模组mó zǔ(hardware or software) module (computing)
• 模式种mó shì zhǒngtype species (used to define a genus in taxonomy)
• 模特儿mó tè r(fashion) model (loanword)
• 模式标本mó shì biāo běntype specimen (used to define a species)
• 模里西斯Mó lǐ xī sīMauritius (Tw)
• 模态mó tàimodal (computing, linguistics)
• 模拟器mó nǐ qìemulator

Words containing 模

• 规模guī móscale; scope; extent
• 大规模dà guī mólarge scale; extensive; wide scale
• 一模一样yī mú yī yàng(idiom) exactly alike; identical; also pr. yī mó yī yàng
• 楷模kǎi mómodel; example
• 名模míng mótop fashion model
• 装模作样zhuāng mó zuò yàng(idiom) to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics
• 劳模láo mómodel worker
• 劳动模范láo dòng mó fànmodel worker
• 血肉模糊xuè ròu mó hu(idiom) badly mangled or mutilated; gruesome
• 建模jiàn móto construct a model…
• 像模像样xiàng mú xiàng yàngsolemn; presentable; decent
• 大模大样dà mú dà yàngboldly; ostentatiously; poised; self-assured; Taiwan pr. dà mó dà yàng
• 初具规模chū jù guī mó(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
• 共模gòng mócommon-mode (electronics)
• 取模qǔ mómodulo (math.)
• 单模dān mósingle mode
• 基模jī mó(psychology) schema
• 多模duō mómultimode
• 常模cháng mónorm (typically observed pattern)
• 指模zhǐ mófingerprint; thumbprint; also written 指摹
• 数模shù módigital-to-analog; abbr. for 数字到模拟
• 童模tóng móchild model
• 网模wǎng mómodel for online fashion sites etc
• 制模zhì múmold making

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.

• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 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 模

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

• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient

Sounds the same

Read mó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摩to rub
• 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