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谟

mó

Character Traditional 謨

What 谟 means

1. plan
2. to practice

Other readings

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

• móold variant of {谟|mó}

Example sentences

• 卢梭是疯狂的, 但有影响力; 休谟是理智的, 但没有追随者。
  Lúsuō shì fēngkuáng de, dàn yǒuyǐngxiǎng lì; Xiūmó shì lǐzhì de, dàn méiyǒu zhuīsuízhě.
  Rousseau was mad but influential; Hume was sane but had no followers.

Words containing 谟

• 休谟Xiū móDavid Hume (1711–1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher
• 望谟县Wàng mó XiànWangmo, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
• 忽鲁谟斯Hū lǔ mó sīold Chinese name for Hormuz; now called 霍尔木兹
• 德谟克拉西dé mó kè lā xīdemocracy (loanword) (old)
• 望谟Wàng mósee 望谟县

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
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 寞mòlonesome
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly
• 貘mòtapir

Characters that look like 谟

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

• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 谋móuto plan; to seek; scheme
• 慎shèncareful; cautious
• 谍diéto spy
• 谦qiānmodest
• 滇Diānshort name for Yunnan 云南

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
• 膜membrane; film
• 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
• 蘑mushroom
• 嫫ugly woman