摸 mō

1. mō verb to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '摸'; Guoyu '摸' v 1; Kroll 2015 '摸' 1, p. 321; Unihan '摸'; XHZD '摸' 1, p. 511)
2. mó verb to imitate; to copy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Variant of 摹; in the sense of 仿效 (Guoyu '摸' mó v; Kroll 2015 '摸' 2, p. 321; )
3. mō verb to grope
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '摸'; Kroll 2015 '摸' 1a, p. 321; XHZD '摸' 2, p. 511)
4. mō verb to conjecture
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 揣测 (Guoyu '摸' v 2)
5. mō verb to scoop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 掏 (Guoyu '摸' v 3)
6. mō verb to steal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 偷取 (Guoyu '摸' v 4)
7. mō verb to grab; to snatch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 抓 (Guoyu '摸' v 5)
8. mō verb to stop over
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 逗留 (Guoyu '摸' v 6)

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• 摸吧 touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
• 探摸 to feel for; to grope
• 摸象 to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
• 捉摸 to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp
• 混水摸鱼(混水摸魚) to fish in troubled water; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
• 摸石头过河(摸石頭過河) crossing the river by feeling for stones; improvise by trial-and-error; move cautiously
• 摸不着头脑(摸不著頭腦) to be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss
• 咂摸 to savor; to test the taste of; to ponder upon; to mull over
• 偷偷摸摸 surreptitious; sneaky
• 摸黑 to grope about in the dark
• 众盲摸象(眾盲摸象) multitude of blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole
• 顺藤摸瓜(順藤摸瓜) to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues
• 建摸 to build a model
• 偷鸡摸狗(偷雞摸狗) to imitate the dog and steal chicken; to pilfer; to dally with women; to have affairs
• 偷东摸西(偷東摸西) to steal and touch everything from east to west
• 浑水摸鱼(渾水摸魚) to fish in troubled water; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
• 暗中摸索 groping in the dark
• 触摸(觸摸) to touch
• 踅摸 to look for; to seek (colloq.)
• 不摸头(不摸頭) not acquainted with the situation; not up on things
• 摸鱼(摸魚) to catch fish
• 盲人摸象 blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
• 估摸 to reckon; to guess
• 抚摸(撫摸) to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
• 瞎子摸象 blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
• 摸排 thorough search
• 触摸屏幕(觸摸屏幕) touchscreen
• 合眼摸象 to touch an elephant with closed eyes; to proceed blindly
• 约摸(約摸) about; around; approximately
• 摸脉(摸脈) to feel somebody's pulse
• 摸爬滚打(摸爬滾打) to go through challenging experiences; to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
• 触摸板(觸摸板) touchpad; trackpad
• 摸清 to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
• 摸八圈 to play mahjong
• 难以捉摸(難以捉摸) elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
• 触摸屏(觸摸屏) touchscreen
• 鬼摸脑壳(鬼摸腦殼) muddled; momentarily confused
• 寻摸(尋摸) to look for; to explore; to probe
• 摸索 to grope; to stroke ; to seek; to search
• 摸不着边(摸不著邊) irrelevant; can't make head or tail of
• 摸骨 to tell someone's fortune by feeling their bones
• 摸不着(摸不著) can't touch; can't reach; unable to get a grasp of
• 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑(丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦) like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head; at a total loss
• 摸底 to find out the details
• 摸牌 to draw a tile (at mahjong); to play mahjong
• 摸彩 to draw lots; raffle; lottery
• 摸着石头过河(摸著石頭過河) to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes; to advance cautiously, step by step

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扶篱摸壁

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Truncated for common words

• 第五回 Chapter 5 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
• 第五十五回 Chapter 55 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
• 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 6
• 第一百十四回 Chapter 114 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
• 卷九十四　列傳第八十二:　高麗 百濟 新羅 勿吉 奚 契丹 室韋 豆莫婁 地豆干 烏洛侯 流求 倭 Volume 94 Biographies 82: Goryeo, Baekje, Silla, Wuji, Xi, Khitan, Shiwei, Doumolou, Didouyu, Wuluohou, Liuqiu, Japan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 5

Collocations

• 夷摸 (夷摸) 子伊夷摸立 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians — count: 11
• 摸时 (摸時) 便去腰裏摸時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 11
• 摸末 (摸末) 有郁射設阿史那摸末率其部落入居河南 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷六十九 列傳第十九: 侯君集 張亮 薛萬徹 Volume 69 Biographies 19: Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Xue Wanche — count: 8
• 裏摸 (裏摸) 便去腰裏摸時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 8
• 一摸 (一摸) 把頭摸一摸 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 7
• 摸摸 (摸摸) 一摸摸著銷金帳子 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 6
• 摸金 (摸金) 摸金校尉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 6
• 摸一 (摸一) 把頭摸一摸 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 4
• 去摸 (去摸) 探一隻手入去摸時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 4
• 来摸 (來摸) 一頭摸來摸去 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 4