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魔

mó

HSK 6 Character

What 魔 means

1. bound formevil spirit; devil
2. (prefix) supernatural; magical

Example sentences

• 那是魔术。
  Nàshi móshù.
  That was magic.
• 冲动是魔鬼。
  Chōngdòng shì móguǐ.
  Impulsiveness is the devil.
• 友谊是魔术。
  Yǒuyì shì móshù.
  Friendship is magic.
• 我不是魔女。
  Wǒ bù shì mónǚ.
  I am not a witch.
• 我不是魔法师。
  Wǒ bù shì mófǎshī.
  I'm not a magician.
• 汤姆是魔法师。
  Tāngmǔ shì mófǎshī.
  Tom is a magician.

Words starting with 魔

• 魔鬼mó guǐdevil
• 魔术mó shùmagic
• 魔法mó fǎenchantment; magic
• 魔力mó lìmagic; magic power
• 魔王mó wángdevil king; evil person
• 魔法师mó fǎ shīmagician; wizard; sorcerer
• 魔幻mó huànmagical; magic; illusion
• 魔术师mó shù shīmagician
• 魔窟mó kūlit. nest of devils; place occupied by sinister forces
• 魔爪mó zhǎoevil clutches; claws
• 魔杖mó zhàngmagic wand
• 魔掌mó zhǎngthe power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)
• 魔像mó xiànggolem
• 魔女mó nǚwitch; sorceress; enchantress
• 魔宫mó gōnglit. devils' castle; place occupied by sinister forces
• 魔影mó yǐng(fig.) specter
• 魔性mó xìng(neologism c. 2014) irresistibly quirky; compelling in its wackiness
• 魔怪mó guàidemons and ghosts; ghouls and bogies
• 魔改mó gǎi(slang) to modify in a fantastical way; to modify heavily
• 魔方mó fāngRubik's cube; magic cube
• 魔棒mó bàngmagic wand
• 魔都Mó dūModu, nickname for Shanghai
• 魔障Mó zhàngMara (the demon of temptation)
• 魔头mó tóumonster; devil

Words containing 魔

• 恶魔è módemon; fiend
• 病魔bìng móserious illness
• 妖魔yāo módemon
• 走火入魔zǒu huǒ rù móto be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on…
• 着魔zháo móobsessed; bewitched; enchanted
• 中魔zhòng móto be possessed; to be bewitched
• 梦魔mèng mónight demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
• 天魔tiān módemonic; devil
• 巨魔jù mó(gaming) troll; (Internet) troll
• 心魔xīn móinner demons; psychological obstacle or fixation
• 拜魔bài móto worship the devil
• 疯魔fēng mómad; insane; to be fascinated; to fascinate
• 色魔sè mósex fiend; molester; sex attacker
• 驱魔qū móto drive out devils; to exorcise
• 鬼魔guǐ módemon
• 恶魔城È mó ChéngCastlevania (video game series)
• 牛魔王Niú mó wángGyuumao
• 红魔鬼Hóng Mó guǐRed Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
• 变魔术biàn mó shùto perform magical tricks
• 食人魔shí rén móogre
• 正义魔人zhèng yì mó rén(Taiwan) sanctimonious person; self-appointed moral arbiter
• 混世魔王hùn shì mó wángdevil incarnate (idiom); fiend in human form
• 神魔小说shén mó xiǎo shuōsupernatural novel; novel of ghosts and goblins
• 驱魔赶鬼qū mó gǎn guǐto exorcise; to drive out evil spirits

Characters built on 麻

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

• 摩móto rub
• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 麽mótiny; insignificant

Characters that look like 魔

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

• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 蠢chǔnstupid; sluggish; clumsy
• 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天
• 靡míto waste (money)
• 麓lùfoot of a hill
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Sounds the same

Read mó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 模to imitate; model; norm
• 摩to rub
• 麽tiny; insignificant
• 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
• 谟plan; to practice
• 蘑mushroom
• 嫫ugly woman