茂 (mào): luxuriant, (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
茂 (mào) is a Chinese character meaning “luxuriant.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 戊 (phonetic). It ranks #2245 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 茂 grass. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- luxuriant
- (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茂盛adjective | mào shèng | lush |
| 茂密adjective | mào mì | dense (of plant growth) |
| 风华正茂phrase | fēng huá zhèng mào | in one's prime |
| 繁茂adjective | fán mào | (of vegetation) lush |
| 声情并茂phrase | shēng qíng bìng mào | (of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom) |
| 枝繁叶茂phrase | zhī fán yè mào | (of plants) to grow luxuriantly |
| 达尔罕茂明安联合旗 | dá ěr hǎn mào míng ān lián hé qí | Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头, Inner Mongolia |
| 茂名市 | mào míng shì | Maoming, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省 |
| 根深叶茂 | gēn shēn yè mào | deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) |
| 茂南区 | mào nán qū | Maonan, a district of Maoming City 茂名市, Guangdong |
| 李重茂 | lǐ chóng mào | Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝 (c. 695-715), reigned 710 |
| 巴尔多禄茂proper-noun | bā ěr duō lù mào | Bartholomew |
| 金茂大厦 | jīn mào dà shà | Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai |
| 茂物proper-noun | mào wù | Bogor (city in West Java) |
| 茂名proper-noun | mào míng | see 茂名市 |
茂 appears in 24 compound words: 50 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 茂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
写好茂字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo mào zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "茂" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
【财政预算案】听众不满未有派消费券 陈茂波:多办盛事“搞旺个场”长远更具效益
cái zhèng yù suàn àn tīng zhòng bù mǎn wèi yǒu pài xiāo fèi quàn chén mào bō : duō bàn shèng shì gǎo wàng gè chǎng cháng yuǎn gēng jù xiào yì
【Budget】The audience is dissatisfied with the lack of distribution of consumption vouchers Chan Mao-po: Holding more mega events to "make the venue more prosperous" is more effective in the long run
《天机试炼场》粗俗发言开殉职案玩笑?全炫茂挨轰急灭火
tiān jī shì liàn chǎng cū sú fā yán kāi 殉 zhí àn wán xiào ? quán xuàn mào āi hōng jí miè huǒ
"Tianji Proving Ground" vulgar speech joke about the death of the duty? Quan Xuanmao was bombarded and quickly extinguished the fire
珍惜生命|秀茂坪顺利邨45岁妇堕楼 昏迷送院抢救不治
zhēn xī shēng mìng xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 4 5 suì fù duò lóu hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
Cherish Life|A 45-year-old woman fell from a building in Shunli Estate of Sau Mau Ping and was sent to the hospital in a coma for rescue
Character Family
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