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from Learn Chinese Everyday 每日学华语 by Min Min

Pronunciation : mō [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Meaning : feel; stroke; touch. (v) feel for; grope for. (v) try to find out; feel out. (v) Radical : 扌 Strokes : 13 Traditional : 摸 Usage : 6.5%

Common Words / Phrases:

1.

触摸 chù mō

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:

touch

2.

捉摸 zhuō mō

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predict; (usually used in the negative) fathom

3.

摸索 mō suǒ

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:

grope; try to find out

4.

偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō

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:

covertly; on the sly

Sentences:

1. Please don’t touch the exhibits. qǐnɡ wù chù mō zhǎn pǐn 。 请 勿 触 摸 展 品 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

请 : please 勿 : do not 触摸 : touch 展品 : exhibits

2. He grope his way down the stairs in the dark. tā zài hēi àn zhōng mō zhe xià lóu 。 他 在 黑 暗 中 摸 着 下 楼 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

他 : he 在 : at 黑暗 : dark 中 : in 摸 : grope 着 : added to a verb or adjective to indicate a continued action or state 下楼 : go down stairs

3. I don’t get where he’s coming from. wǒ méi mō qīng tā de dǐ xì 。 我 没 摸 清 他 的 底 细 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

我 : I 没 : do not 摸清 : to know completely 他的 : his 底细 : ins and outs; exact details

4. She gently stroked the child’s head. tā qīng qīng de mō le mō hái zi de tóu 。 她 轻 轻 地 摸 了 摸 孩 子 的 头 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

她 : she 轻轻 : gently 地 : used after adverbial 摸 : stroke 了 : particle 孩子 : child 的 : (particle) used after an attribute; to 头 : head

5. Just feel it. nǐ mō mō kàn 。 你 摸 摸 看 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

你 : you 摸 : feel; touch 看 : (used after a reduplicated verb or a verb phrase) try and see (what happens)

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