寞 (mò): lonely
寞 (mò) is a Chinese character meaning “lonely.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (semantic) and 莫 (phonetic). It ranks #2491 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 寞 roof. Its radical form 宀 (roof) appears in many related characters such as 客 (kè, guest, customer), 家 (jiā, home, family), 它 (tā, it).
Definitions
- lonely
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 寞
Common Compounds
寞 appears in 3 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 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 寞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他一个人住在大房子里，感到很寂寞。
Tā yí gè rén zhù zài dà fángzi lǐ, gǎndào hěn jìmò.
He lives alone in a big house and feels very lonely.
央行不放手 329档期北台湾推了个寂寞 案量15年新低
yāng háng bù fàng shǒu 3 2 9 dàng qī běi tái wān tuī le gè jì mò àn liàng 1 5 nián xīn dī
Central Bank Holds Firm; Northern Taiwan's "329" Sales Season Falls Flat, with Sales Volume at a 15-Year Low
等跌族等了个寂寞? 代销揭预售量缩真相:不是房价崩跌前兆
děng diē zú děng le gè jì mò ? dài xiāo jiē yù shòu liàng suō zhēn xiāng : bù shì fáng jià bēng diē qián zhào
Have those waiting for prices to drop been waiting in vain? Real estate agents reveal the truth behind the decline in pre-sales: It’s not a sign of an impending housing market crash
刘亦菲单身多时不愁寂寞 爱犬随身陪伴左右
liú yì 菲 dān shēn duō shí bù chóu jì mò ài quǎn suí shēn péi bàn zuǒ yòu
Liu Yifei has been single for a long time and does not worry about loneliness, and her dog is always with her
汤姆感到十分寂寞。
Tāngmǔ gǎndào shífēn jìmò.
Tom felt very lonely.
我的寂寞是一条蛇。
Wǒ de jìmò shì yī tiáo shé.
My loneliness is a snake.
她的生活很寂寞。
Tā de shēnghuó hěn jìmò.
She lived a lonely life.
有时候你需要一个人呆着。不是寂寞，而是享受只做自己的自由时光。
Yǒushí hòu nǐ xūyào yī gèrén dāizhe. bù shì jìmò, érshì xiǎngshòu zhǐ zuò zìjǐ de zìyóu shíguāng.
Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy some free time just being yourself.
Character Family
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