摩 (mó): to rub
摩 (mó) is a Chinese character meaning “to rub.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 麻 (phonetic) and 手 (semantic). It ranks #1160 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 摩 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to rub
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 摩
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 福尔摩斯 | fú ěr mó sī | Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] |
| 摩托 | mó tuō | (loanword) motor |
| 摩根 | mó gēn | Morgan (name) |
| 摩西 | mó xī | Moses |
| 摩擦 | mó cā | friction |
| 摩尔 | mó ěr | mole (chemistry) |
| 巴尔的摩 | bā ěr dì mó | Baltimore (place name, surname etc) |
| 按摩师 | àn mó shī | masseur |
| 摩洛哥 | mó luò gē | Morocco |
| 摩萨德 | mó sà dé | Mossad |
| 爱斯基摩 | ài sī jī mó | Eskimo |
| 观摩 | guān mó | to observe and emulate |
| 摩天大楼 | mó tiān dà lóu | skyscraper |
| 摩纳哥 | mó nà gē | Monaco |
| 摩登 | mó dēng | modern (loanword) |
摩 appears in 100 compound words: 58 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 25 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 摩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (21)
to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms; to roll up one's sleeves for a battle
Showing 12 of 21 idioms containing 摩.
Example Sentences
他摩起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā mā qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
艾司摩尔技术报喜!台积盘后交易首破2000大关
ài sī mó ěr jì shù bào xǐ ! tái jī pán hòu jiāo yì shǒu pò 2 0 0 0 dà guān
Esmore Technology News! TSMC's after-hours trading broke the 2,000 mark for the first time
南北大道闪避不及撞值勤交警 摩哆骑士伤重不治
nán běi dà dào shǎn bì bù jí zhuàng zhí qín jiāo jǐng mó duō qí shì shāng chóng bù zhì
The north-south avenue dodged and collided with the traffic police on duty Modo Knight was seriously injured and died
艾司摩尔突破EUV光源瓶颈 功率提升至千瓦 拚...
ài sī mó ěr tū pò E U V guāng yuán píng jǐng gōng lǜ tí shēng zhì qiān wǎ 拚 . . .
Esmore breaks through the bottleneck of EUV light sources and increases the power to kilowatts.
摩通:保荐人新规无碍优质企上市
mó tōng : bǎo jiàn rén xīn guī wú ài yōu zhì qǐ shàng shì
Morgan Stanley: The new sponsor regulations do not hinder the listing of high-quality enterprises
摩根大通“1原因”关闭川普银行帐户
mó gēn dà tōng 1 yuán yīn guān bì chuān pǔ yín háng zhàng hù
JPMorgan Chase closed Trump's bank account for "1 reason"
斯德哥尔摩是瑞典的首都。
Sīdégē'ěrmó shì Ruìdiǎn de shǒudū.
Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.
汤姆骑摩托车上班。
Tāngmǔ qí mótuōchē shàngbān.
Tom goes to work by motorcycle.
你为什么不把摩托车拿去修理？
Nǐ wèi shénme bù bǎ mótuōchē ná qù xiūlǐ?
Why don't you have your motorcycle fixed up?
你跟摩托车到底怎么回事？
Nǐ gēn mótuōchē dàodǐ zěnmehuíshì?
What is it with you and motorbikes?
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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