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默

mò

HSK 4 Character

What 默 means

1. silent
2. to write from memory

Example sentences

• 沉默是金。
  Chénmòshìjīn.
  Silence is golden.
• 默默地走。
  Leave quietly.
• 她有幽默感。
  She has a sense of humor.
• 汤姆很幽默。
  Tom's funny.
• 你很有幽默感。
  You have a good sense of humor.
• 作家很有幽默感。
  The writer is very humorous.

Words starting with 默

• 默默mò mòin silence; not speaking
• 默契mò qìtacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport
• 默认mò rènto agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting)
• 默然mò ránsilent; speechless
• 默默无闻mò mò wú wén(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
• 默念mò niànto read silently; to mouth (the words of a prayer etc); to say to oneself
• 默不作声mò bù zuò shēngto keep silent
• 默许mò xǔto accept tacitly; acquiescence
• 默写mò xiěto write from memory
• 默哀mò āito observe a moment of silence in tribute
• 默想mò xiǎngsilent contemplation; to meditate; to think in silence
• 默剧mò jùpantomime; mime show
• 默坐mò zuòto sit silently
• 默字mò zìto write from memory
• 默书mò shūto write from memory
• 默片mò piànsilent movie
• 默示mò shìto hint; to imply; implied
• 默算mò suànmental arithmetic; to figure out
• 默记mò jìto learn by heart; to commit to memory; to remember
• 默志mò zhì(literary) to make a mental note; to memorize
• 默读mò dúto read in silence
• 默克尔Mò kè ěrAngela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005
• 默拉皮Mò lā píMerapi (volcano on Java)
• 默西亚Mò xī yàthe Messiah

Words containing 默

• 幽默yōu mò(loanword) humor; humorous
• 沉默chén mòtaciturn; uncommunicative; silent
• 潜移默化qián yí mò huàimperceptible influence; to influence secretly
• 穆罕默德Mù hǎn mò déMuhammad (c. 570–632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
• 静默jìng mòsilent; still; quiet; to mourn in silence; to observe silence…
• 幽默感yōu mò gǎnsense of humor
• 沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yánhabitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
• 缄默jiān mòto keep silent
• 爱默生Ài mò shēngRalph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist, and philosopher
• 马尔默Mǎ ěr mòMalmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)
• 利默里克Lì mò lǐ kèLimerick, Ireland
• 潜神默记qián shén mò jìto devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)
• 利勒哈默尔Lì lè hā mò ěrLillehammer (city in Norway)
• 阿兹海默症ā zī hǎi mò zhèng(Taiwan) Alzheimer's disease
• 阿尔茨海默Ā ěr cí hǎi mòAlois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
• 阿茨海默症ā cí hǎi mò zhèngAlzheimer's disease
• 阿尔茨海默病ā ěr cí hǎi mò bìngAlzheimer's disease
• 阿尔茨海默症ā ěr cí hǎi mò zhèngAlzheimer's disease
• 沉默是金chén mò shì jīnsilence is golden (idiom)
• 土默特右旗Tǔ mò tè yòu qíTumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包头
• 土默特左旗Tǔ mò tè zuǒ qíTumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特
• 萨默塞特郡Sà mò sài tè JùnSomerset County in southwest England
• 渊默yuān mòprofound silence
• 穆罕默德六世Mù hǎn mò dé Liù shìKing Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–)

Characters that look like 默

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

• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 敷fūto spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc)
• 觐jìn(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 觑qùto spy; watch for

Sounds the same

Read mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 末tip; end; final stage
• 漠desert; unconcerned
• 寞lonesome
• 陌raised path; street
• 莫do not; there is none who
• 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