máo = m + ao2
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
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How to pronounce 毛

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
+ ao2 final

In the aorta’s kitchen.

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毛 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
丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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èr = Ø + Ø4
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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= y + a4
component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
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Characters with 毛 as component

háo = h + ao2
oyster
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máo = m + ao2
yak (Bos grunniens)
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jiàn = ji + an4
shuttlecock
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Words with 毛

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fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
a problem appears / to break down

Sentences with 毛

zhè
xiǎo
xiǎo
de
máo
hóu

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máo

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

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