Tuttle Learners of Chinese -English Dictionary

mò 莫 V don’t
mò míng qí miào 莫名其妙 IDIOM (something is so strange that) no one can understand it, be unable to
make head or tail of something, utterly baffled/baffling
mò 漠 N desert (See shāmò 沙漠.)
mò 墨 N ink
mòshuǐ 墨水 [modif: 墨 ink + 水 water] N ink ■ 电脑打字很费墨水。Diànnǎo dǎzì hěn fèi mòshuǐ.
Computer printing takes lots of ink.
mò 默 ADJ silent
mòmò 默默 ADV quietly, silently
mò 陌 N path
mòshēng 陌生 ADJ unfamiliar
mòshēng rén 陌生人 N stranger
móu 谋 TRAD 謀 V plot, plan
móuhài 谋害 V plot for murder
móuqiú 谋求 [comp: 谋 plot + 求 seek] V seek, be in quest of 谋求最大利润 móuqiú zuìdà lìrùn seek the
maximum profits
mǒu 某 PRON certain (used to denote an indefinite person or thing, usually in writing) ■ 在该国某地 发生
森林大火。Zài gāiguó mǒu dì fāshēng sēnlín dàhuǒ. At a certain place in that country a forest fire
broke out.
mú 模 N mould, matrix
múyàng 模样 I N appearance, look II ADV approximately, about
mǔ 母 ADJ 1 maternal, of a mother ■ 孩子需要母 爱。Háizi xūyào mǔ’ài. Children need maternal love.
2 female (of certain animals) (ANTONYM 公 gōng) ■ 他们养了八只公鸡，二十多只母鸡。 Tāmen
yǎngle bā zhī gōngjī, èrshí duō zhī mǔ jī. They keep eight roosters and over twenty hens.
mǔqin 母亲 [modif: 母 mother + 亲 parent] N mother ■ 母亲在家照顾孩子。Mǔqin zài jiā zhàogù
háizi. The mother takes care of her children at home. ■ 你常常给母亲打电话吗？Nǐ chángcháng
gěi mǔqin dǎ diànhuà ma? Do you often give your mother a call? 母亲节 mǔqin jié Mother’s Day
mǔxìng 母性 N maternal instinct, maternity
mǔyǔ 母语 N mother tongue ■ 她英语说得这么好， 真让人不相信英语不是她的母语。Tā Yīngyǔ
shuō de zhème hǎo, zhēn ràng rén bù xiāngxìn Yīngyǔ bú shì tā de mǔyǔ. She speaks English so
well that it’s hard to believe that it isn’t her mother tongue.
mǔ 亩 TRAD 畝 MEASURE WORD (a traditional Chinese unit of area, especially in farming; 1 mu is equivalent to
¹⁄ 15 hectare, about 667 square meters) 十亩地 (田) shí mǔ dì (tián) 10 mu of ground (paddy
fields/farmland)
mù 木 N 1 same as 木头 mùtou 2 tree ■ 独木不成 林。Dú mù bù chéng lín. A single tree does not make
a forest. (→ One swallow doesn’t make a summer.)
mùtou 木头 [suffix: 木 wood + 头 nominal suffix] N wood, timber ■ 我喜欢木头家具。Wǒ xǐhuan
mùtou jiājù. I like wooden furniture.
mù 沐 V wash one’s hair
mùyù 沐浴 V take a bath
mù 目 N the eye
mùbiāo 目标 N target, objective, goal ■ 她的目标 是五年内存十万元。Tā de mùbiāo shì wǔ nián nèi
cún shíwàn yuán. Her goal is to save a hundred thousand yuan in five years.
mùdì 目的 N aim, purpose ■ 我们做市场调查的 目的是更好地为顾客服务。Wǒmen zuò shìchǎng
diàochá de mùdì shì gèng hǎo de wèi gùkè fúwù. The purpose of our market investigation is to
serve our customers more satisfactorily.
mùdǔ 目睹 V see with one’s own eyes; witness
mùguāng 目光 N sight, vision 目光远大 mùguāng yuǎndà farseeing, farsighted and ambitious
mùlù 目录 N 1 catalog 产品目录 chǎnpǐn mùlù product catalog / 图书目录 tú shū mù lù library catalog 2 table