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牧

mù

HSK 6 Character

What 牧 means

1. to herd
2. to breed livestock
3. to govern (old)
4. government official (old)

Other readings

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

• Mùsurname Mu

Example sentences

• 牛吃牧草。
  Niú chī mùcǎo.
  Cows are grazing in the meadow.
• 牧师在教堂里。
  The pastor is in the church.
• 牛在牧地上吃草。
  Cows are eating grass in the meadow.
• 我哥哥成了牧师。
  My brother became a priest.
• 牛在草地上吃牧草。
  Cows are eating grass in the meadow.
• 牧师跟他们说了话。
  The priest spoke to them.

Words starting with 牧

• 牧师mù shīchaplain; churchman; clergyman
• 牧场mù chǎngpasture; grazing land; ranch
• 牧民mù mínherdsman
• 牧羊mù yángto raise sheep; shepherd
• 牧羊人mù yáng rénshepherd
• 牧童mù tóngshepherd boy
• 牧人mù rénshepherd; pastor; pastoral
• 牧区mù qūgrazing land; pasture
• 牧羊犬mù yáng quǎnsheepdog
• 牧草mù cǎopasture grass; fodder
• 牧歌mù gēshepherd's song; pastoral
• 牧地mù dìpasture; grazing land
• 牧业mù yèlivestock husbandry; animal product industry
• 牧神mù shénpastoral deity; shepherd god (esp. Pan in Greek mythology)
• 牧群mù qúnherd of sheep
• 牧养mù yǎngto raise (animals)
• 牧夫座Mù fū zuòBoötes (constellation)
• 牧神节mù shén jiéLupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
• 牧羊者mù yáng zhěshepherd
• 牧野区Mù yě QūMuye, a district of Xinxiang City 新乡市
• 牧马人mù mǎ rénherdsman (of horses); wrangler
• 牧畜mù xùraising livestock; animal husbandry
• 牧犬mù quǎnshepherd dog
• 牧牛犬mù niú quǎncattle dog

Words containing 牧

• 畜牧xù mùto raise animals
• 游牧yóu mùnomadic; to move about in search of pasture; to rove around as a nomad
• 放牧fàng mùto graze (livestock); to herd (livestock)
• 畜牧业xù mù yèanimal husbandry; stock raising; livestock raising
• 杜牧Dù MùDu Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
• 德牧Dé mùGerman shepherd
• 归牧guī mùto return from pasture
• 监牧jiān mùshepherd; Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry…
• 轮牧lún mùrotation grazing
• 边牧biān mùborder collie (dog breed)
• 院牧yuàn mùabbot (Christian)
• 卑以自牧bēi yǐ zì mù(idiom) to conduct oneself humbly; modest
• 吴自牧Wú Zì mùWu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty
• 苏格兰牧羊犬Sū gé lán mù yáng quǎnScotch collie; rough collie
• 秦牧Qín MùQin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer
• 冏牧jiǒng mùminister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding

Characters that look like 牧

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

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
• 钦qīnto respect; to admire; to venerate
• 佽cìnimble; to help

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
• 墓grave; tomb; mausoleum
• 沐to bathe; to cleanse; to receive
• 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)