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莫

mò

HSK 6 Character

What 莫 means

1. do not
2. there is none who

Other readings

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

• Mòsurname Mo

Example sentences

• 哀莫大于心死
  āimòdàyúxīnsǐ
  Nothing is more sad than stupidity and apathy.
• 我生于莫斯科。
  I was born in Moscow.
• 莫莉有一个大时钟。
  Molly has a large clock.
• 出柜需要莫大的勇气。
  Coming out of the closet requires tremendous courage.
• 你喜欢莫扎特的音乐吗？
  Nǐ xǐhuan Mòzhātè de yīnyuè ma?
  Do you like Mozart's music?
• 她真是让我莫不着头脑。
  Tā zhēnshi ràng wǒ mòbù zhe tóunǎo.
  I couldn't make her out at all.

Words starting with 莫

• 莫名其妙mò míng qí miào(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
• 莫斯科Mò sī kēMoscow, capital of Russia
• 莫名mò mínginexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
• 莫非mò fēican it be possible that; could it be
• 莫大mò dàgreatest; most important
• 莫过于mò guò yúnothing can surpass
• 莫扎特Mò zhā tèWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
• 莫不mò bùnone doesn't; there is none who isn't; everyone
• 莫须有mò xū yǒugroundless; baseless
• 莫不是mò bù shìprobably; perhaps; could it be that...?
• 莫高窟Mò gāo kūMogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
• 莫奈Mò nàiClaude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
• 莫如mò rúit would be better
• 莫言Mò YánMo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
• 莫内Mò nèiTaiwan equivalent of 莫奈
• 莫属mò shǔ(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: 非
• 莫耳mò ěr(chemistry) mole (loanword) (Tw)
• 莫讲mò jiǎnglet alone; not to speak of (all the others)
• 莫不然mò bù ránequally true for (all the rest); the same thing applies (for everyone)
• 莫代尔mò dài ěr(textiles) modal fiber
• 莫伯日Mò bó rìMaubeuge (French city)
• 莫吉托Mò jí tuōMojito
• 莫斯特Mò sī tèMousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)
• 莫洛尼Mò luò níMoroni, capital of Comoros (Tw)

Words containing 莫

• 约莫yuē moto estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
• 一筹莫展yī chóu mò zhǎnto be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
• 望尘莫及wàng chén mò jílit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)…
• 变幻莫测biàn huàn mò cèto change unpredictably; unpredictable; erratic
• 高深莫测gāo shēn mò cèprofound mystery
• 神秘莫测shén mì mò cèmystery; unfathomable; enigmatic
• 后悔莫及hòu huǐ mò jítoo late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
• 爱莫能助ài mò néng zhùunable to help however much one would like to (idiom)…
• 讳莫如深huì mò rú shēn(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
• 切莫qiè mòyou must not; Please don't...; be sure not to
• 吉莫jí mò(old) name of a kind of leather
• 巴莫Bā MòBa Maw
• 巴勒莫Bā lè mòPalermo, Italy
• 拉莫斯Lā mò sī(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
• 卡西莫夫Kǎ xī mò fūKasimov (town in Russia)
• 科莫多龙Kē mò duō lóngKomodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
• 绍莫吉州Shào mò jí ZhōuSomogy, a county in southwest Hungary, capital 考波什堡
• 变化莫测biàn huà mò cèunpredictable; changeable
• 阿莫西林ā mò xī lín(loanword) amoxicillin
• 阿西莫夫Ā xī mò fūIsaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
• 非你莫属fēi nǐ mò shǔit's yours exclusively (idiom); you are the one; only you deserve it
• 爱莫利维尔Ài mò lì wéi ěrEmeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California
• 知子莫若父zhī zǐ mò ruò fùnobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
• 有怪莫怪yǒu guài mò guàiplease don't take offense; don't take it personally

Characters that look like 莫

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

• 真zhēnreally; truly; indeed
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 桌zhuōtable; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
• 巢cháonest
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 末tip; end; final stage
• 默silent; to write from memory
• 漠desert; unconcerned
• 寞lonesome
• 陌raised path; street
• 墨ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the…
• 沫foam; suds
• 没drowned; to end; to die
• 茉used in 茉莉
• 磨grindstone; to grind; to turn round
• 抹to plaster; to go around; to skirt
• 殁to end; to die