冒

mào

HSK 33 readings

“To emit” in Chinese is 冒 (mào).

Other characters with the syllable mao: see all 10 →

Meaning

to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
to brave; to face
bound formreckless

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to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
old variant of 冒[mao4]
surname Mao
(literary) to cover

Example

我感冒了。

I have a cold.

From 感冒 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

màoold variant of 冒 / surname Mao / to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
mòvariant of 帽 (hat) (archaic)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 冒

感冒gǎnmàoto catch coldHSK 3 假冒jiǎmàoto impersonateHSK 7-9 冒充màochōngto feignHSK 7-9 冒犯màofànto offendHSK 7-9 冒昧màomèiboldHSK 7-9 冒险màoxiǎnto take risksHSK 7-9

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