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芒

máng

HSK 6 Character

What 芒 means

1. awn (of cereals)
2. arista (of grain)
3. tip (of a blade)
4. Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass)
5. variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan

Example sentences

• 我想吃芒果。
  Wǒ xiǎng chī mángguǒ.
  I want to eat mango.
• 我在找芒果吃。
  Wǒ zài zhǎo mángguǒ chī.
  I am looking for a mango to eat.
• 这个芒果很甜。
  Zhège mángguǒ hěn tián.
  This mango is sweet.
• 她的眼睛闪烁着喜悦的光芒。
  Tā de yǎnjing shǎnshuò zhe xǐyuè de guāngmáng.
  Her eyes were shining with joy.
• Daniel正在做芒果汁。
  Daniel is making mango juice.
• 加热器发出美丽的橙色光芒。
  The heater is aglow with a beautiful orange color.

Words starting with 芒

• 芒果máng guǒ(loanword) mango
• 芒市Máng ShìMangshi, a county-level city in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture 德宏傣族景颇族自治州
• 芒种Máng zhòngMangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 6th-20th June
• 芒草máng cǎoMiscanthus (genus of grass)
• 芒康县Máng kāng XiànMarkam, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市
• 芒果汁máng guǒ zhīmango juice
• 芒刺在背máng cì zài bèifeeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom); uneasy and nervous…
• 芒硝máng xiāomirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O); Glauber's salt
• 芒康Máng kāngsee 芒康县

Words containing 芒

• 光芒guāng mángrays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
• 锋芒fēng mángtip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge
• 弗拉芒Fú lā mángFlemish, inhabitant of Flanders (Belgium)
• 阿芒拿ā máng ná(chemistry; loanword) ammonal
• 佛兰芒语Fó lán máng yǔFlemish (language)
• 初露锋芒chū lù fēng mángfirst sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time
• 锋芒毕露fēng máng bì lùto show off one's ability
• 针尖对麦芒zhēn jiān duì mài mángsharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
• 收敛锋芒shōu liǎn fēng mángto draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
• 锋芒内敛fēng máng nèi liǎnto be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
• 五芒星wǔ máng xīngfive-pointed star; pentagram
• 六芒星liù máng xīngsix-pointed star; hexagram
• 光芒万丈guāng máng wàn zhàng(idiom) boundless radiance; splendor
• 万丈光芒wàn zhàng guāng mángsee 光芒万丈
• 针尖儿对麦芒儿zhēn jiān r duì mài máng rsee 针尖对麦芒

Characters built on 亡

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

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 忙mángbusy; hurriedly; to hurry
• 盲mángblind
• 妄wàngabsurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 氓mángused in 流氓
• 邙MángMt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

Characters that look like 芒

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

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 芯xīn(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 苣jùused in 莴苣
• 芫yánused in 芫荽

Sounds the same

Read máng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 忙busy; hurriedly; to hurry
• 盲blind
• 氓used in 流氓
• 茫vast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct
• 尨shaggy dog; striped
• 硭crude saltpeter
• 铓sharp point; point of sword
• 哤jargon
• 杗ridge-pole in roof
• 杧used in 杧果
• 牻(literary) black and white cattle
• 駹black horse with a white face