Learn Chinese Characters

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.

shezàiat面包miàn bāobreadshàngonto smearle(completed action)一层yì céngone layer果酱guǒ jiàngjam