(méng): to cover, Mongolia

(méng) is a Chinese character meaning “to cover, mongolia.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1038 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, plant. Its radical form (grass) appears in many related characters such as (huā, flower), (chá, tea), (cài, vegetable, dish).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to cover, Mongolia

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticplant

Decomposition: ⿱艹冡 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
hé ěr méng(loanword) hormone
léi méng déRaymond (name)
āi dé méng(name) Edmund
měng gǔMongolia
méng bìto deceive
méng miànto cover one's face
méng dà náMontana, US state
chéng méngto be indebted (to sb)
ài dé méng(name) Edmund
bó méng tèBeaumont
mēng piànto hoodwink
fó méng tèVermont, US state
qǐ méngvariant of 啟蒙|启蒙[qi3 meng2]
méng shòuto suffer
měng gǔ rénMongol
100
Total compounds
55
As first character
28
As last character
17
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 55 as the first character, 28 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

0.671305,784 co-occurrences
xún
0.58785,776 co-occurrences
shān
0.526178,242 co-occurrences
nèi
0.46777,838 co-occurrences
0.4623,012 co-occurrences
0.445112,332 co-occurrences
tiān
0.43488,446 co-occurrences
0.43081,534 co-occurrences
0.41510,542 co-occurrences
0.4101,584 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (11)

ÀidéméngdùnHSK 7+

(chiefly Taiwan) Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)

DuōtèméngdéHSK 7+

Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)

kēngmēngguǎipiànHSK 7+

to entrap, make blind, swindle and deceive; the various fraud techniques

phrase
ménghùn guòguānHSK 7+

to slip by; to gloss over one's fault

phrase
méng mèi wú zhīHSK 7+

benighted (idiom); ignorant

phrase
méngzàigǔlǐHSK 7+

to be kept in the dark

phrase
wúxià'āméngHSK 7+

ignorant person; person who has meagre and superficial knowledge

phrase
ĀidéméngdùnHSK 7+

(chiefly Mainland China) Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)

Méngnà LìshāHSK 7+

Mona Lisa

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个问题让我感到困惑,需要再研究一下。

Zhè gè wèntí ràng wǒ gǎndào kùnhuò, xūyào zài yánjiū yíxià.

This problem confuses me; I need to study it further.

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...月高點附近,美伊談判在即,關稅問題為前景

. . . yuè gāo 點 fù jìn , měi yī 談 pàn zài jí , 關 稅 問 題 為 qián jǐng méng 陰

Near the monthly high, U.S.-Iran talks loom, with tariff issues casting a shadow over the outlook.

Yahoo FinanceFeb 2026

據報字節跳動在內古新設三家科企 註冊資本共28億人幣

據 報 zì 節 tiào 動 zài 內 méng gǔ xīn 設 sān jiā kē qǐ 註 冊 資 běn gòng 億 rén 幣

ByteDance reportedly establishes three new tech companies in Inner Mongolia with a combined registered capital of 2.8 billion yuan.

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鸿 méng zhì háng wèn jiè dēng lù huá wéi shāng chéng , xīn chē dìng wèi . . .

HarmonyOS-powered AITO M6 arrives on Huawei Mall, positioned as a new vehicle...

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. . . guǎng dōng dēng dǐng quán guó zuì ài fā hóng bāo shěng fèn 鸿 méng zhì háng zūn jiè wěi zhuāng chē pù guāng yuè zhī àn miàn chéng . . .

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百度新闻Feb 2026

王楠出任内古乒乓球队主教练

wáng 楠 chū rèn nèi méng gǔ pīng pāng qiú duì zhǔ jiào liàn

Wang Nan becomes head coach of Inner Mongolia table tennis team

Tatoeba

给我看了他的邮票册。

Dài mēng gěi wǒ kàn le tā de yóupiào cè.

Damon showed me his stamp album.

Tatoeba

中国与古隔着万里长城。

Zhōngguó yǔ Měnggǔ gé zhe Wànlǐ Chángchéng.

China and Mongolia are separated by the Great Wall of China.

Tatoeba

乌兰巴托是古的首都。

Wūlánbātuō shì Měnggǔ de shǒudū.

Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia.

Tatoeba

不要被外貌蔽了。

Bù yào bèi wàimào méngbì le.

Don't be fooled by appearances.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced méng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 蒙 (méng) mean in Chinese?
蒙 (méng) primarily means "to cover, mongolia." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1038 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 蒙 have?
蒙 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 蒙?
The radical associated with 蒙 is 艹 (grass). This radical appears in many characters related to grass.
What are the components of 蒙?
蒙 is composed of: 艹 (semantic), 冡 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱艹冡 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 蒙?
Common words with 蒙 include: 荷尔蒙 (hé ěr méng, "(loanword) hormone"); 雷蒙德 (léi méng dé, "Raymond (name)"); 埃德蒙 (āi dé méng, "(name) Edmund"); 蒙古 (měng gǔ, "Mongolia"); 蒙蔽 (méng bì, "to deceive"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 蒙 (méng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation méng: 萌 ((bound form) to sprout), 盟 (oath), 朦 (used in 朦朧|朦胧), 猛 (ferocious), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 蒙 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 蒙 and the traditional form is 懞.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.