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| Pronunciation |
: |
mō |
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| Meaning |
: |
- feel; stroke; touch. (v)
- feel for; grope for. (v)
- try to find out; feel out. (v)
|
| Radical |
: |
扌 |
| Strokes |
: |
13 |
| Traditional |
: |
摸 |
| Usage |
: |
6.5% |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 2. |
|
|
: |
predict; (usually used in the negative) fathom |
| 3. |
|
|
: |
grope; try to find out |
| 4. |
|
|
: |
covertly; on the sly |
Sentences:
| 1. Please don’t touch the exhibits. |
| qǐnɡ |
wù |
chù |
mō |
zhǎn |
pǐn |
。 |
| 请 |
勿 |
触 |
摸 |
展 |
品 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 请 |
: |
please |
| 勿 |
: |
do not |
| 触摸 |
: |
touch |
| 展品 |
: |
exhibits |
|
| 2. He grope his way down the stairs in the dark. |
| tā |
zài |
hēi |
àn |
zhōng |
mō |
zhe |
xià |
lóu |
。 |
| 他 |
在 |
黑 |
暗 |
中 |
摸 |
着 |
下 |
楼 |
。 |
|
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|
|
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 在 |
: |
at |
| 黑暗 |
: |
dark |
| 中 |
: |
in |
| 摸 |
: |
grope |
| 着 |
: |
added to a verb or adjective to indicate a continued action or state |
| 下楼 |
: |
go down stairs |
|
| 3. I don’t get where he’s coming from. |
| wǒ |
méi |
mō |
qīng |
tā |
de |
dǐ |
xì |
。 |
| 我 |
没 |
摸 |
清 |
他 |
的 |
底 |
细 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 我 |
: |
I |
| 没 |
: |
do not |
| 摸清 |
: |
to know completely |
| 他的 |
: |
his |
| 底细 |
: |
ins and outs; exact details |
|
| 4. She gently stroked the child’s head. |
| tā |
qīng |
qīng |
de |
mō |
le |
mō |
hái |
zi |
de |
tóu |
。 |
| 她 |
轻 |
轻 |
地 |
摸 |
了 |
摸 |
孩 |
子 |
的 |
头 |
。 |
|
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| 她 |
: |
she |
| 轻轻 |
: |
gently |
| 地 |
: |
used after adverbial |
| 摸 |
: |
stroke |
| 了 |
: |
particle |
| 孩子 |
: |
child |
| 的 |
: |
(particle) used after an attribute; to |
| 头 |
: |
head |
|
|
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| 你 |
: |
you |
| 摸 |
: |
feel; touch |
| 看 |
: |
(used after a reduplicated verb or a verb phrase) try and see (what happens) |
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