Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

(used before measure word and noun) some; (a) certain; so and so

Chinese: 某个、不确定的人或事。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “mou” becomes a different word in each tone. 某 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

  • 某人mǒu rénsomeone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname)
  • 某地mǒu dìsomewhere; some place
  • 某时mǒu shísometime
  • 某种mǒu zhǒngsome kind (of)
  • 某事mǒu shìsomething; a certain matter

Example Sentence

这件事发生在某个下午。Zhè jiàn shì fā shēng zài mǒu ge xià wǔ.This happened on a certain afternoon.

Zhèthisjiànitemshìmatterto send outshēngto arisezàiatmǒusomege(measure word)下午xià wǔafternoon