沫 (mò): foam, suds
沫 (mò) is a Chinese character meaning “foam.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 末 (phonetic). It ranks #2410 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 沫 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
- foam
- suds
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泡沫 | pào mò | foam |
| 唾沫 | tuò mo | spittle |
| 泡沫塑料 | pào mò sù liào | styrofoam |
| 白沫 | bái mò | froth |
| 吐沫 | tù mo | saliva |
| 相濡以沫 | xiāng rú yǐ mò | lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) |
| 肥皂沫 | féi zào mò | soapy lather |
| 量子沫 | liàng zǐ mò | quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction) |
| 飞沫传染 | fēi mò chuán rǎn | droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc) |
| 口沫横飞 | kǒu mò héng fēi | (idiom) to speak vehemently |
| 以沫相濡 | yǐ mò xiāng rú | see 相濡以沫[xiang1 ru2 yi3 mo4] |
| 泡沫经济 | pào mò jīng jì | bubble economy |
| 艾格尼丝·史沫特莱 | ài gé ní sī · shǐ mò tè lái | Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side |
| 口沫 | kǒu mò | spittle |
| 网状泡沫 | wǎng zhuàng pào mò | reticulated foam |
沫 appears in 27 compound words: 0 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 44 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 沫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 沫.
Example Sentences
清晨的沫面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de mò miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The morning mist shimmered on the water's surface, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
...士丹利:超大规模业者AI支出将超越网路泡沫高峰
. . . shì dān lì : chāo dà guī mó yè zhě A I zhī chū jiāng chāo yuè wǎng lù pāo mò gāo fēng
... Stanley: AI spending by hyperscalers will exceed the peak of the Internet bubble
市场泡沫破裂后黄金RWA崛起:维塔金为何在熊市中...
shì chǎng pāo mò pò liè hòu huáng jīn R W A jué qǐ : wéi tǎ jīn wéi hé zài xióng shì zhōng . . .
The rise of gold RWA after the bursting of the market bubble: why is Vita Gold in a bear market...
...查:一向稳健的债券投资人现在最担心AI泡沫
. . . chá : yī xiàng wěn jiàn de zhài quàn tóu zī rén xiàn zài zuì dān xīn A I pāo mò
... Cha: Bond investors, who have always been stable, are now most worried about the AI bubble
地缘政治风险、AI泡沫疑虑伤不了 台积电市值首破2兆美元
dì yuán zhèng zhì fēng xiǎn , A I pāo mò yí lǜ shāng bù le tái jī diàn shì zhí shǒu pò 2 zhào měi yuán
Geopolitical risks and AI bubble doubts can't hurt TSMC's market value exceeded $2 trillion for the first time
...全球,《经济学人》为何说是“昂贵的科技泡沫”?
. . . quán qiú , jīng jì xué rén wéi hé shuō shì áng guì de kē jì pāo mò ?
... Globally, why does The Economist say it is an "expensive tech bubble"?
她与他相濡以沫。
Tā yǔ tā xiāng rú yǐ mò.
She stayed by his side through thick and thin.
Character Family
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