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矛

máo

HSK 5 Character Measure word 支

What 矛 means

1. spear; lance; pike

Example sentences

• 你在自相矛盾。
  Nǐ zài zìxiāngmáodùn.
  You're contradicting yourself.
• 他们有时候有矛盾冲突
  Tāmen yǒushíhou yǒu máodùn chōngtū
  Every now and then they clash over their differences.
• 矛尖浸在一种致命的毒药里。
  Máo jiān jìn zài yīzhǒng zhìmìng de dúyào lǐ.
  The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
• 希望与现实之间的矛盾，因何而起？
  From what stems this contradiction between our hopes and our reality?
• 他和老板有矛盾，这个我们知道就好。
  Tā hé lǎobǎn yǒu máodùn, zhège wǒmen zhīdào jiù hǎo.
  Between you and me, he's in trouble with the boss.
• 我不能禁止一个人娶好几个妻子，因为这与圣经不矛盾。
  Wǒ bù néng jìnzhǐ yīgèrén qǔ hǎojǐ gè qīzi, yīnwèi zhè yǔ Shèngjīng bù máodùn.
  I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.

Words starting with 矛

• 矛盾máo dùncontradiction; conflicting views; contradictory
• 矛头máo tóuspearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
• 矛头指向máo tóu zhǐ xiàngto target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
• 矛柄máo bǐngshaft
• 矛斑蝗莺máo bān huáng yīng(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
• 矛隼máo sǔn(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
• 矛纹草鹛máo wén cǎo méi(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus)

Words containing 矛

• 自相矛盾zì xiāng máo dùnto contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
• 长矛cháng máopike; lance
• 闹矛盾nào máo dùnto be at loggerheads; to have a falling out
• 内部矛盾nèi bù máo dùninternal contradiction
• 敌我矛盾dí wǒ máo dùncontradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us.
• 人民内部矛盾rén mín nèi bù máo dùninternal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
• 蛇矛shé máoancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
• 丈八蛇矛zhàng bā shé máoancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺
• 陆港矛盾Lù Gǎng máo dùntensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
• 以子之矛，攻子之盾yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùnlit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韩非子)…

Characters that look like 矛

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

• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 予yǔ(literary) to give
• 牙yátooth; ivory

Sounds the same

Read máo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毛hair; feather; down
• 髦bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 茅reeds; rushes
• 猫used in 猫腰
• 锚anchor
• 牦yak (Bos grunniens)
• 酕used in 酕醄
• 蟊Spanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 髳bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 旄banner decorated with animal's tail
• 蝥variant of 蟊
• 茆variant of 茅; thatch