Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

hat; cap

Chinese: 帽子。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “mao” becomes a different word in each tone. 帽 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 帽子mào zihat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name
  • 方帽fāng màomortarboard; square academic cap
  • 便帽biàn màocap
  • 草帽cǎo màostraw hat
  • 礼帽lǐ màohat that goes with formal dress; top hat

Example Sentence

天冷了,他戴上了一顶毛线帽。Tiān lěng le, tā dài shàng le yì dǐng máo xiàn mào.It got cold, so he put on a wool hat.

天冷Tiān lěngit's cold (weather)le(completed action)he戴上dài shàngto put on (hat etc)le(completed action)onedǐngapex毛线máo xiànknitting woolmàohat