毛 máo
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máo
noun
hair; fur; feathers
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In modern Chinese this refers to hair other than hair on one's head. Animals have 毛 but not 头发. In classical Chinese it can refer to hair on the head (Guoyu '毛' n 1; Kroll 2015 '毛' 1; Unihan '毛'; XHZD '毛' 1). -
máo
proper noun
Mao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
Notes: See also 毛泽东 Mao Zedong (Guoyu '毛' n 6; Wikipedia '毛泽东') -
máo
noun
Kangxi radical 82
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; Guoyu '毛' n 7; GHC p. 7) -
máo
measure word
one-tenth of yuan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: It is preferred over 角 for currency in spoken Chinese (Guoyu '毛' n 5; XHZD '毛' 9) -
máo
adjective
coarse; partially finished
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 粗糙 (Guoyu '毛' adj 3; Unihan '毛'; XHZD '毛' 3) -
máo
noun
hair-like thing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Such as mould (Kroll 2015 '毛' 2; XHZD '毛' 2) -
máo
adjective
gross
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 毛重 gross weight or 毛利 gross profit (Guoyu '毛' adj 4; XHZD '毛' 4) -
máo
adjective
small; little
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 小 (Guoyu '毛' adj 5; XHZD '毛' 5) -
máo
adjective
rash; crude; careless
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 慌忙 (XHZD '毛' 6) -
máo
adjective
scared; nervous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '毛' adj 1; XHZD '毛' 7) -
máo
verb
to depreciate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (XHZD '毛' 8) -
máo
verb
to be without
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '毛' 3) -
máo
noun
vegetables
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 蔬菜; for example, the idiom 不毛之地 'land with no vegetables [barren land]' (Guoyu '毛' n 3) -
máo
noun
animals
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 走兽 (Guoyu '毛' n 4) -
máo
adjective
angry
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 生气 (Guoyu '毛' adj 2)
Contained in
- 毛遂自荐(毛遂自薦) Mao Sui recommends himself; to offer one's services; to volunteer
- 毛出在羊身上 wool comes from the sheep's back; One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
- 三毛猫(三毛貓) tortoiseshell cat; calico cat
- 毛豆(毛荳) green soy bean
- 毛瑟枪(毛瑟槍) Mauser pistol
- 毛织运动衫(毛織運動衫) jersey
- 棕毛 palm fiber; coir
- 眉毛钳(眉毛鉗) tweezers
- 鸡毛官(雞毛官) an official messenger
- 吹毛求疵 to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect; to be fastidious; nitpick
- 毛布 a wool cloth ; a cotton cloth
- 羊毛 fleece; wool; woolen
- 毛南族 Maonan People
- 绒毛(絨毛) fur; down (soft fur) ; fur; down (soft fur); villi capillary (in the small intestine)
- 茸毛 fuzz
- 毛酸浆(毛酸漿) husk ground-cherry; Physalis pubescens
- 毛洋槐 rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
- 千里寄鹅毛(千里寄鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 毛腰 to bend over
- 毛诞节(毛誕節) Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
- 黄毛丫头(黃毛丫頭) silly little girl
- 软毛(軟毛) fur
- 千里送鹅毛(千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 毛孩子 a small child; an ignorant child
- 拔毛连茹(拔毛連茹) pull up a plant and the roots follow; also involving others; inextricably tangled together
- 拔毛 to pull out hair; to pluck; epilation
- 毛线衣(毛線衣) sweater; woolen knitwear; wool
- 毛羽 hair and feathers
- 毛料 rough lumber; woollen cloth
- 毛小囊 follicle
- 脱毛剂(脫毛劑) depilatory medicine
- 鉴毛辨色(鑒毛辨色) observe facial expression and how it changes
- 汗毛孔 sweat pore
- 腋毛 armpit hair
- 小毛头(小毛頭) new-born baby; young boy
- 皮毛 fur
- 吹毛 easy ; sharp
- 毛毯 blanket
- 毛发(毛髮) hair
- 被毛 coat (of an animal)
- 搞毛 what are you doing?; what the hell?
- 长毛(長毛) long haired ; long haired [bandits]; Taipings ; to grow mildew
- 毛口 metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe); burr
- 毛根 a strand of hair
- 毛痣 hairy nevus
- 毛象 mammoth
- 毛瑟𬬰(毛瑟鎗) Mauser pistol
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- 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 38
- 第五十二回 Chapter 52 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 30
- 卷一百〇六 列傳第五十六: 李林甫 楊國忠 張暐 王琚 王毛仲 陳玄禮 Volume 106 Biographies 56: Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong, Chen Xuanli Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 27
- 卷一百一十三 載記第十三 苻堅上 Volume 113 Records 13: Fu Jian Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 24
- 卷一百二十一 列傳第四十六 劉鍾崔二王 Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the two Kings New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 24
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 20
- 《毛部》 Máo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 20
- 卷三百一十 列傳第一百九十八 土司 Volume 310 Biographies 198: Tribal Headmen History of Ming 明史 — count: 20
- 卷三百二十 列傳第二百〇八 外國一 朝鮮 Volume 320 Biographies 208: Foreign States 1 - Korea History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
- 卷四十五 本紀第四十五: 順帝八 Volume 45 Annals 45: Shundi 8 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 17
Collocations
- 毛伯 (毛伯) 毛伯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 23
- 毛云 (毛雲) 毛云 — Xunzi 荀子, 勸學篇第一 Chapter 1: An Exhortation to Study — count: 6
- 虫毛 (蟲毛) 其蟲毛 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
- 使毛 (使毛) 天王使毛伯來錫公命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6
- 二毛 (二毛) 不禽二毛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
- 毛物 (毛物) 其動物宜毛物 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 4
- 一毛 (一毛) 拔一毛而利天下 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心上 Jin Xin I — count: 4
- 狐毛 (狐毛) 讓於狐毛而佐之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 毛廧 (毛廧) 故善毛廧 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 顯學第五十 Chapter 50: Scholarly Achievement — count: 3
- 毛公 (毛公) 毛公 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 3