Meaning
play; to smear; girdle; brassiere; to plaster
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “mo” becomes a different word in each tone. 抹 is the 3rd 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
- 涂抹tú mǒto paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle
- 抹杀mǒ shāto erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge
- 抹去mǒ qùto erase
- 抹平mǒ píngto flatten; to level; to smooth out
- 抹布mā bùcleaning rag
Example Sentence
她在面包上抹了一层果酱。Tā zài miàn bāo shàng mǒ le yì céng guǒ jiàng.She spread a layer of jam on the bread.
她Tāshe在zàiat面包miàn bāobread上shàngon抹mǒto smear了le(completed action)一层yì céngone layer果酱guǒ jiàngjam。