毛
máo
Pinyin

Definition

毛
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máo
  1. hair
  2. feather
  3. down
  4. wool
  5. mildew
  6. mold
  7. coarse or semifinished
  8. young
  9. raw
  10. careless
  11. unthinking
  12. nervous
  13. scared
  14. (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
  15. classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])
毛
 - 
Máo
  1. surname Mao

Character Decomposition

Compounds (24)

毛
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
毛
máo
  1. 1 hair
  2. 2 feather
  3. 3 down
  4. 4 wool
  5. 5 mildew
  6. 6 mold
  7. 7 coarse or semifinished
  8. 8 young
  9. 9 raw
  10. 10 careless
  11. 11 unthinking
  12. 12 nervous
  13. 13 scared
  14. 14 (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
  15. 15 classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])
毫
háo
  1. 1 hair
  2. 2 drawing brush
  3. 3 (in the) least
  4. 4 one thousandth
  5. 5 currency unit, 0.1 yuan
笔
bǐ
  1. 1 pen
  2. 2 pencil
  3. 3 writing brush
  4. 4 to write or compose
  5. 5 the strokes of Chinese characters
  6. 6 classifier for sums of money, deals
  7. 7 classifier: 支 zhī
  8. 8 classifier: 枝 zhī
尾
wěi
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 remainder
  3. 3 remnant
  4. 4 extremity
  5. 5 sixth of the 28 constellations
  6. 6 classifier for fish

Related Words (20)

毛
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
毛病
máo bìng
  1. 1 fault
  2. 2 defect
  3. 3 shortcomings
  4. 4 ailment
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
毛衣
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn
羊毛
yáng máo
  1. 1 fleece
  2. 2 wool
  3. 3 woolen
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

Sample Sentences

她要她的白马王子眼睛大，眉毛浓，头发微微自然卷，个子还要高，最重要的是要有钱，要能常常买新衣服，买她想要的东西给她。
tā yào tā de báimǎwángzǐ yǎnjing dà ，méimao nóng ，tóufa wēiwēi zìrán juǎn ，gèzi hái yào gāo ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǒuqián ，yào néng chángcháng mǎi Xīn yīfu ，mǎi tā xiǎngyào de dōngxi gěi tā 。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
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这些钱只是九牛一毛。
zhèxiē qián zhǐshì jiǔniúyīmáo 。
This amount of money is nothing.
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九牛一毛
jiǔniúyīmáo
Lit: Nine buffaloes and one hair. Fig: Few or little.
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我知道的只是九牛一毛，还有很多可以学。
wǒ zhīdào de zhǐshì jiǔniúyīmáo ，háiyǒu hěnduō kěyǐ xué 。
I know very little, and I still have a lot to learn.
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这还只是九牛一毛呢，一早几个大学生就七手八脚地给我搬来不少东西。
zhè hái zhǐshì jiǔniúyīmáo ne ，yīzǎo jǐge dàxuéshēng jiù qīshǒubājiǎo de gěi wǒ bān lái bùshǎo dōngxi 。
This is just a drop in the ocean! This morning a group of university students brought me a lot of things.
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但也要看到，外部环境更加严峻复杂，国内长期积累的结构性矛盾仍然突出。”国家统计局新闻发言人毛盛勇说。
dàn yě yào kàndào ，wàibù huánjìng gèngjiā yánjùn fùzá ，guónèi chángqī jīlěi de jiégòuxìng máodùn réngrán tūchū 。”GuójiāTǒngjìjú xīnwén fāyánrén máoshèngyǒng shuō 。
However, we must also be aware that the external conditions has deteriorated and become more complicated, and structural conflicts from the past are still outstanding, said Mao Shengyong from The National Bureau of Statistics spokesman.
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这时，他一阵毛骨悚然，起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。
zhèshí ，tā yīzhèn máogǔsǒngrán ，qǐ le yīshēn jīpígēda 。
Just then, he felt a chill down his spine and got goose bumps all over him.
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慢着慢着，你敢动我家儿子一根汗毛试试！
màn zhe màn zhe ，nǐ gǎn dòng wǒ jiā érzi yī gēn hànmáo shì shì ！
Wait, don’t you dare touch a hair on my dog!
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好的。请您在这张表格上填写一下个人信息，我们会为您办理健身卡。您可以在这里拿储物柜钥匙和毛巾。
hǎo de 。qǐng nín zài zhè zhāng biǎogé shàng tiánxiě yīxià gèrén xìnxī ，wǒmen huì wèi nín bànlǐ jiànshēn kǎ 。nín kěyǐ zài zhèlǐ ná chǔwùguì yàoshi hé máojīn 。
Ok. Please fill in your personal information on this form and we will process the fitness card for you. You can take the locker keys and towels here.
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正是如此，电影节马上要上映4k修复版的《三毛流浪记》了，不如你也来感受一下？
zhèngshì rúcǐ ，diànyǐngjié mǎshàng yào shàngyìng xiūfù bǎn de 《Sānmáoliúlàngjì 》le ，bùrú nǐ yě lái gǎnshòu yīxià ？
That's right, the film festival is about to release a 4k repaired version of "San Mao Rang Ji", why don't you come and experience it?
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