陌 (mò): raised path, street
陌 (mò) is a Chinese character meaning “raised path.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (structural) and 百 (structural). It ranks #2188 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 陌 a large 百 city 阝, representing an unfamiliar place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- raised path
- street
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA large 百 city 阝, representing an unfamiliar place
Decomposition: ⿰阝百 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 陌
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陌生人noun | mò shēng rén | stranger |
| 形同陌路phrase | xíng tóng mò lù | to be estranged |
| 陌路人noun | mò lù rén | stranger |
| 陌路noun | mò lù | (literary) stranger |
| 田陌 | tián mò | path between fields |
| 柳陌花衢 | liǔ mò huā qú | brothel |
| 奥陌陌 | ào mò mò | ʻOumuamua (interstellar object) |
| 绮陌 | qǐ mò | splendid streets |
| 陌陌 | mò mò | Momo, GPS-based app for messaging, and potentially meeting up with, other Momo users (typically, strangers) in one's ... |
陌 appears in 10 compound words: 50 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 30 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 陌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
在这个陌生的城市里，他感到有些孤独。
Zài zhè gè mòshēng de chéngshì lǐ, tā gǎndào yǒuxiē gūdú.
In this unfamiliar city, he felt somewhat lonely.
... : 高度重视事件 吁市民提高警觉勿轻信陌生人
. . . : gāo dù chóng shì shì jiàn xū shì mín tí gāo jǐng jué wù qīng xìn mò shēng rén
... : Authorities are taking this incident very seriously and urge residents to remain vigilant and not to trust strangers
陌生观众直接走上台 “脱稿演出无人制止”吴...
mò shēng guàn zhòng zhí jiē zǒu shàng tái tuō gǎo yǎn chū wú rén zhì zhǐ wú . . .
A stranger walked straight onto the stage; "No one stopped the impromptu performance"—Wu...
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P a y M e shōu mò shēng rén guò cuò shǔ suí shí biàn xǐ hēi qián ? sī xià tuì kuǎn huò bèi . . .
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陌生人闯入金毛会点反应?实测结果超意外 全...
mò shēng rén chuǎng rù jīn máo huì diǎn fǎn yīng ? shí cè jié guǒ chāo yì wài quán . . .
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你这孩子！别老是接触一些陌生人，很危险的！
Nǐ zhè háizi! bié lǎoshi jiēchù yīxiē mòshēngrén, hěn wēixiǎn de!
Son, stop always getting so close to strangers. It's very dangerous!
在公车上，一个陌生人和我说了话。
Zài gōngchē shàng, yī gè mòshēngrén hé wǒ shuō le huà.
A stranger spoke to me on the bus.
英国人很少在火车上和陌生人搭讪。
Yīngguórén hěn shǎo zài huǒchē shàng hé mòshēngrén dāshàn.
English people rarely talk to strangers on trains.
我不想和一个陌生人分享旅馆房间。
Wǒ bù xiǎng hé yī gè mòshēngrén fēnxiǎng lǚguǎn fángjiān.
I don't want to share the hotel room with a stranger.
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