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膜

mó

HSK 6 Character

What 膜 means

1. membrane
2. film

Example sentences

• 我五年前做了网膜剥离。
  Wǒ wǔ niánqián zuò le wǎngmó bōlí.
  I had retinal detachment five years ago.
• 3D 眼镜的原理是视网膜视差。
  3-D glasses make use of retinal disparity.
• 我十四岁的时候，父亲死于蛛网膜下出血。
  Wǒ shísì suì de shíhou, fùqīn sǐ yú zhūwǎng mó xià chūxuè.
  I lost my father to a subarachnoid haemorrhage when I was fourteen.

Words starting with 膜

• 膜拜mó bàito kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level; to worship
• 膜孔mó kǒnghole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a…
• 膜炎mó yáninflammation of membrane; membranitis
• 膜翅目mó chì mùHymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)

Words containing 膜

• 面膜miàn mófacial mask; cleanser; face pack
• 视网膜shì wǎng móretina
• 耳膜ěr móeardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
• 隔膜gé módiaphragm (anatomy); distant (socially aloof); divided by lack of mutual comprehension
• 薄膜bó mómembrane; film
• 顶礼膜拜dǐng lǐ mó bàito prostrate oneself in worship (idiom); (fig.) to worship; to bow down to
• 角膜jiǎo mócornea
• 内膜nèi móinner membrane; internal lining (of an organ or body cavity)
• 塑膜sù móplastic film (abbr. for 塑料薄膜
• 残膜cán móleftover agricultural plastic…
• 滑膜huá mósynovial membrane; synovium
• 结膜jié móconjunctiva (membrane surrounding the eyeball)
• 网膜wǎng móretina (anatomy)
• 羊膜yáng mó(anatomy) amnion
• 脑膜nǎo mómeninx; meninges; membranes lining the brain
• 覆膜fù mómembrane covering sth; coating
• 贴膜tiē móprotective or tinted film (for LCD screens, car windows etc); facial mask (cosmetics)
• 农膜nóng móagricultural film…
• 飞膜fēi mópatagium
• 骨膜gǔ mó(anatomy) periosteum
• 鼓膜gǔ móeardrum; tympanic membrane
• 保鲜膜bǎo xiān móplastic wrap; preservative film; cling film
• 基质膜jī zhì móbasal plasma membrane
• 外质膜wài zhì móexternal plasma membrane

Characters built on 莫

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

• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 寞mòlonesome
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly
• 貘mòtapir

Characters that look like 膜

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

• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌

Sounds the same

Read mó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 模to imitate; model; norm
• 摩to rub
• 麽tiny; insignificant
• 魔(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 磨to rub; to grind; to polish
• 馍small loaf of steamed bread
• 无used in 南无
• 嬷dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 妈; Taiwan pr. mā
• 摹(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 谟plan; to practice
• 蘑mushroom
• 嫫ugly woman