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沐

mù

HSK 6 Character

What 沐 means

1. to bathe
2. to cleanse
3. to receive
4. to be given

Example sentences

• 我不用沐浴露。
  I don't use shower gel.
• 小木屋沐浴在月光之中。
  Xiǎo mù wū mùyù zài yuèguāng zhīzhōng.
  The little cabin was bathed in moonlight.

Words starting with 沐

• 沐浴mù yùto bathe; to take a bath; (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in
• 沐恩mù ēnto receive favor
• 沐川县Mù chuān XiànMuchuan, a county in Leshan City 乐山市
• 沐浴乳mù yù rǔbody wash (liquid soap); shower gel
• 沐浴油mù yù yóubath oil
• 沐浴球mù yù qiúshower puff; bath sponge; bath ball (containing aromas or salts)
• 沐浴花mù yù huāshower puff; shower sponge
• 沐浴露mù yù lùshower gel
• 沐浴用品mù yù yòng pǐnbath product
• 沐猴而冠mù hóu ér guànlit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom); fig. worthless person in imposing attire
• 沐雨栉风mù yǔ zhì fēngto work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom)
• 沐川Mù chuānsee 沐川县

Words containing 沐

• 休沐xiū mù(literary) a regular day off granted to officials in ancient times, for "rest and bathing"
• 栉风沐雨zhì fēng mù yǔlit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)…

Characters built on 木

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

• 术shùmethod; technique
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 柱zhùpillar
• 渠qú(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch; (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him…
• 橱chúwardrobe; closet; cabinet
• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú

Characters that look like 沐

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

• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill
• 泳yǒngswimming; to swim
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 沣fēngrainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水

Sounds the same

Read mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 目eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 慕to admire
• 木(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 幕curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 牧to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 墓grave; tomb; mausoleum
• 睦amicable; harmonious
• 暮evening; sunset
• 穆solemn; reverent; calm
• 募to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 牟used in 牟平; used in 中牟
• 钼molybdenum (chemistry)