漠 (mò): desert, unconcerned
漠 (mò) is a Chinese character meaning “desert.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 莫 (phonetic). It ranks #1760 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 漠 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- desert
- unconcerned
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 漠
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷漠adjective | lěng mò | cold and detached towards sb |
| 漠不关心phrase | mò bù guān xīn | not the least bit concerned |
| 荒漠noun | huāng mò | desert |
| 漠视verb | mò shì | to ignore |
| 淡漠adjective | dàn mò | apathetic |
| 漠然adjective | mò rán | indifferent |
| 大漠noun | dà mò | desert |
| 漠然置之phrase | mò rán zhì zhī | to set to one side and ignore (idiom) |
| 沙漠化verb | shā mò huà | desertification |
| 戈壁沙漠 | gē bì shā mò | Gobi Desert |
| 古尔班通古特沙漠 | gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè shā mò | Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang |
| 阿法尔沙漠 | ā fǎ ěr shā mò | Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia |
| 文化沙漠noun | wén huà shā mò | cultural desert |
| 塔克拉玛干沙漠 | tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò | Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang |
| 鄂尔多斯沙漠 | è ěr duō sī shā mò | Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia |
漠 appears in 36 compound words: 25 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 14 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 漠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
站在桥上望去，漠水缓缓向东流去。
zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , mò shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .
Standing on the bridge, one could see the desert waters flowing slowly eastward.
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hóng sè shā mò yóu xì fā shòu shǒu rì quán qiú xiāo liàng tū pò 2 0 0 wàn fèn . . .
"Red Desert" sold over 2 million copies worldwide on its first day of release...
中坜建案工安意外 家属怨业者冷漠...劳检处:违反职安法
zhōng 坜 jiàn àn gōng ān yì wài jiā shǔ yuàn yè zhě lěng mò . . . láo jiǎn chǔ : wéi fǎn zhí ān fǎ
Workplace Accident at Zhongli Construction Site: Families Criticize Developer’s Indifference... Labor Inspection Office: Violation of Occupational Safety Act
男人勃不起是什么原因引起的呢?夫妻感情冷漠导致心理性ED吗
nán rén bó bù qǐ shì shén má yuán yīn yǐn qǐ de ne ? fū qī gǎn qíng lěng mò dǎo zhì xīn lǐ xìng E D ma
What causes men to have an erection? Does the indifference of husband and wife lead to psychological ED?
...持名单:《生化危机 9:安魂曲》《红色沙漠》《毒液突击队》
. . . chí míng dān : shēng huà wēi jī 9 : ān hún qū hóng sè shā mò dú yè tū jī duì
... Holders: "Resident Evil 9: Requiem", "Red Desert", "Venom Commando"
... 诺奖得主首发空气取水神器:无需电力,沙漠中每天可产水 1000 升
. . . nuò jiǎng dé zhǔ shǒu fā kōng qì qǔ shuǐ shén qì : wú xū diàn lì , shā mò zhōng měi tiān kě chǎn shuǐ 1 0 0 0 shēng
... Nobel Prize winner launches first air water extraction artifact: 1,000 liters of water per day in the desert without electricity
你看过《沙漠雄狮》吗？
Nǐ kàn guo 《 shāmò xióngshī 》 ma?
Have you seen the movie "Lion of The Desert"?
撒哈拉沙漠广袤无垠。
Sǎhālā Shāmò guǎngmào wúyín.
The Sahara is a vast desert.
骆驼是沙漠之舟。
Luòtuo shì shāmò zhī zhōu.
A camel is to the desert what a ship is to the sea.
你不能漠视你的责任。
Nǐ bù néng mòshì nǐ de zérèn.
You are not to neglect your duty.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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