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茅

máo

Character

What 茅 means

1. reeds
2. rushes

Other readings

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

• Máosurname Mao

Example sentences

• 山坡上有一个茅屋。
  Shānpō shàng yǒu yī gè máowū.
  There was a cottage on the side of the hill.
• 这栋很高的房子被茅草屋顶覆盖着。
  Zhè dòng hěn gāo de fángzi bèi máocǎo wūdǐng fùgài zhe.
  The tall house was covered with a thatched roof.
• 这栋很高的房子被茅草屋顶复盖着。
  The tall house was covered with a thatched roof.

Words starting with 茅

• 茅台máo táimaotai liquor 茅台酒
• 茅盾Máo DùnMao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
• 茅屋máo wūthatched cottage
• 茅台酒máo tái jiǔmaotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
• 茅坑máo kēnglatrine pit; latrine
• 茅房máo fángtoilet (rural euphemism); thatched hut or house
• 茅山Máo ShānMt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容
• 茅塞顿开máo sè dùn kāimurky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
• 茅厕máo si(dialect) latrine
• 茅舍máo shècottage; hut
• 茅以升Máo Yǐ shēngMao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
• 茅屋顶máo wū dǐngthatched roof
• 茅箭区Máo jiàn QūMaojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市
• 茅利塔尼亚Máo lì tǎ ní yàMauritania (Tw)
• 茅盾文学奖Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎngMao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
• 茅坑里点灯máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死
• 茅棚máo péngthatched shed
• 茅庐máo lúthatched cottage
• 茅草máo cǎosee 白茅
• 茅箭Máo jiànsee 茅箭区
• 茅竹máo zhúvariant of 毛竹

Words containing 茅

• 名列前茅míng liè qián máoto rank among the best
• 初出茅庐chū chū máo lúventuring from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced…
• 仙茅xiān máogolden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides); Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
• 前茅qián máoforward patrol (military) (old); (fig.) the top ranks
• 包茅bāo máobundled thatch
• 白茅bái máocogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
• 香茅xiāng máolemongrass (Cymbopogon)
• 思茅区Sī máo QūSimao, a district of Pu'er City 普洱市
• 思茅市Sī máo shìSimao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
• 香茅醇xiāng máo chúncitronellol (chemistry)
• 伯恩茅斯Bó ēn máo sīBournemouth, town in southern England
• 土阶茅屋tǔ jiē máo wūlit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)
• 土阶茅茨tǔ jiē máo cílit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom)
• 普利茅斯Pǔ lì máo sīPlymouth
• 格雷茅斯Gé léi máo sīGreymouth, town in New Zealand; also written 格雷默斯
• 达特茅斯Dá tè máo sīDartmouth (place name)
• 达特茅斯学院Dá tè máo sī Xué yuànDartmouth College
• 朴次茅斯Pǔ cì máo sīPortsmouth, southern English seaport
• 拔茅连茹bá máo lián rúlit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others…
• 三顾茅庐sān gù máo lúlit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom)…
• 拉不出屎来怨茅房lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fánglit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement…
• 占着茅坑不拉屎zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐlit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb); fig. to be a dog in the manger
• 思茅Sī máosee 思茅区

Characters built on 矛

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

• 袤màolength; distance from north to south
• 蟊máoSpanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 楙màoCydonia japonica

Characters that look like 茅

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

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 某mǒusome; a certain; sb or sth indefinite
• 旱hàndrought
• 芳fāngfragrant
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 荨qiánused in 荨麻; also pr. xún

Sounds the same

Read máo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毛hair; feather; down
• 矛spear; lance; pike
• 髦bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 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