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默默

mò mò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

默默 (mò mò) means "in silence; not speaking". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 默默 means

1. in silence; not speaking

The characters in 默默

• 默mòsilent; to write from memory
• 默mòsilent; to write from memory

Example sentences

• 默默地走。
  Leave quietly.
• 他默默地看着我。
  He watches me quietly.
• 我的母亲只是默默地哭泣。
  My mother did nothing but weep.
• 默默守护中，有人跑到街头，叫来了协警。
  Mòmò shǒuhù zhōng, yǒurén pǎo dào jiētóu, jiào lái le xiéjǐng.
  As everyone stood guard silently, someone ran to the corner of the street and called over a police officer.

Words starting with 默默

• 默默无闻mò mò wú wén(idiom) unknown; unrenowned

Sounds the same

Read mò mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脉脉affectionate; loving
• 陌陌Momo, GPS-based app for messaging, and potentially meeting up with, other Momo users…
• 眽眽variant of 脉脉

Where 默默 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · mó–mú (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mò mò correctly.
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