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缪

móu

Character Traditional 繆

What 缪 means

1. used in {绸缪|chóu móu}

Other readings

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

• Miàosurname Miao
• miùvariant of {谬|miù}
• mùold variant of {穆|mù}

Example sentences

• 未雨绸缪。
  Wèiyǔchóumóu.
  Save for a rainy day.
• 你最好未雨绸缪。
  Nǐ zuì hǎo wèiyǔchóumóu.
  You had better keep your money for a rainy day.
• 萨缪尔帮助所有拜托他帮忙的人。
  Sàmiù'ěr bāngzhù suǒyǒu bàituō tā bāngmáng de rén.
  Samuel helps anyone who asks him.
• “小说啊？我就讨厌看小说。”缪斯，请原谅她的亵渎行为。
  “ xiǎoshuō ā? wǒ jiù tǎoyàn kàn xiǎoshuō.” Miùsī, qǐng yuánliàng tā de xièdú xíngwéi.
  "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.
• 「小说啊？我就讨厌看小说。」缪斯，请原谅她的亵渎行为。
  "Novels? I hate novels." Oh muse, forgive her blasphemy.

Words starting with 缪

• 缪巧miù qiǎoplan; scheme; intelligent
• 缪斯Miù sīMuse (Greek mythology)
• 缪思Miù sīvariant of 缪斯

Words containing 缪

• 未雨绸缪wèi yǔ chóu móulit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经)…
• 加缪Jiā miùAlbert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
• 绸缪chóu móuto be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
• 塞缪尔Sài miù ěr(name) Samuel
• 纰缪pī miùerror; mistake
• 塞缪尔·约翰逊Sài miù ěr Yuē hàn xùnSamuel Johnson (1709–1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer
• 悖缪bèi miùvariant of 悖谬

Characters that look like 缪

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

• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 樱yīngcherry
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds
• 滓zǐ(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 瑁mào(jade)
• 锝détechnetium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read móu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谋to plan; to seek; scheme
• 眸pupil (of the eye); eye
• 牟barley; to moo; to seek or obtain
• 鍪(archaic) iron pot; (archaic) battle helmet
• 侔similar; comparable; equal
• 𫓴(archaic) battle helmet (variant of 鍪
• 麰barley
• 蛑marine crab