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牡

mǔ

Character

What 牡 means

1. (of a bird, animal or plant) male
2. key
3. hills

Example sentences

• 你喜不喜欢牡蛎？
  Nǐ xǐ bù xǐhuan mǔlì?
  Do you like oysters?
• 你能生吃牡蛎吗？
  Nǐ néng shēng chī mǔlì ma?
  Can you eat raw oysters?
• 现在牡蛎当季吗？
  Are oysters in season now?
• 我后悔吃了那些牡蛎。
  Wǒ hòuhuǐ chī le nàxiē mǔlì.
  I regret eating those oysters.

Words starting with 牡

• 牡丹mǔ dantree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
• 牡蛎mǔ lìoyster
• 牡牛mǔ niúbull
• 牡鹿mǔ lùstag; buck
• 牡丹亭Mǔ dan TíngThe Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 汤显祖
• 牡丹区Mǔ dan QūMudan, a district of Heze City 菏泽市
• 牡丹卡mǔ dan kǎPeony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
• 牡丹皮mǔ dan píroot bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
• 牡羊座Mǔ yáng zuòAries (constellation and sign of the zodiac); used erroneously for 白羊座
• 牡丹江市Mǔ dān jiāng ShìMudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fúAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹江Mǔ dān jiāngsee 牡丹江市

Words containing 牡

• 天竺牡丹tiān zhú mǔ dandahlia
• 牝牡pìn mǔmale and female
• 牝牡骊黄pìn mǔ lí huánga black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
• 骊黄牝牡lí huáng pìn mǔa black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance

Characters built on 土

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

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 域yùfield; region; area
• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 墅shùvilla
• 埔bùused in place names
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum

Characters that look like 牡

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

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 社shè(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 钍tǔthorium (chemistry)
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on

Sounds the same

Read mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 母mother; elderly female relative; origin
• 姆(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 亩classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
• 姥governess; old woman
• 拇thumb; big toe
• 牳(bovine)
• 𬭁used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 𧿹(bound form) big toe
• 畒old variant of 亩
• 娒variant of 姆