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锚

máo

Character Traditional 錨

What 锚 means

1. anchor

Example sentences

• 车抛锚了。
  The car broke down.
• 我们的昨晚车抛锚了。
  Wǒmen de zuówǎn chē pāomáo le.
  Our car broke down last night.
• 总重量过大，导致卡车抛锚。
  Their combined weight was too much and caused the truck to break down.

Words starting with 锚

• 锚链máo liànanchor chain
• 锚点máo diǎnanchor point
• 锚链孔máo liàn kǒnghawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)

Words containing 锚

• 抛锚pāo máoto drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
• 下锚xià máoto drop anchor
• 心锚xīn máo(psychology) emotional anchor; a mental cue used to evoke a specific emotional state
• 拔锚bá máoto weigh anchor
• 起锚qǐ máoto weigh anchor

Characters that look like 锚

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

• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore
• 锢gùobstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
• 锄chúa hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed
• 锲qièto cut; to carve; to engrave

Sounds the same

Read máo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毛hair; feather; down
• 矛spear; lance; pike
• 髦bang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 茅reeds; rushes
• 猫used in 猫腰
• 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