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铆

mǎo

Character Traditional 鉚

What 铆 means

1. to fasten with a rivet; to rivet
2. to hammer in a rivet
3. colloquialto concentrate one's strength

Words starting with 铆

• 铆上mǎo shàngto go all out; to rise to
• 铆工mǎo gōngriveter; worker with rivets
• 铆接mǎo jiēto join with rivets; to rivet; riveted joint
• 铆钉mǎo dīngrivet
• 铆劲儿mǎo jìn rto apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
• 铆钉枪mǎo dīng qiāngrivet gun
• 铆足劲儿mǎo zú jìn rto exert all one's strength
• 铆起来mǎo qǐ laivariant of 卯起来

Words containing 铆

• 凿死铆子záo sǐ mǎo zi(dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
• 拉铆枪lā mǎo qiāngsee 铆钉枪
• 钉是钉，铆是铆dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎovariant of 丁是丁，卯是卯

Characters built on 卯

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

• 昴mǎothe Pleiades
• 峁mǎoround yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
• 茆mǎotype of water plant; (dialect) loess hills

Characters that look like 铆

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

• 铵ǎnammonium
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 蛎lìoyster
• 钶kēcolumbium
• 郴chēnused in 郴州
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read mǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卯mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar…
• 冇to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 没有
• 昴the Pleiades
• 峁round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
• 泖still water
• 茆type of water plant; (dialect) loess hills