= m + o4
surname Mo
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= m + o4
do not / there is none who
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How to pronounce 莫

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ o4 final

In the observatory’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

莫 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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= r + Ø4
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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= r + Ø4
sun / day / date, day of the month
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 莫 as component

= m + o2
to imitate / model / norm / pattern
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= mu + Ø2
mold / die / matrix / pattern
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= mu + Ø4
curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)
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Words with 莫

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Moscow, capital of Russia
(idiom) baffling / inexplicable
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer

Sentences with 莫

wáng
kāi
wán
xiào
 
 
kāi
wán
xiào

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