谋 (móu): to plan, to seek, scheme
谋 (móu) is a Chinese character meaning “to plan.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 某 (phonetic). It ranks #988 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谋 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to plan
- to seek
- scheme
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谋杀verb | móu shā | to murder |
| 谋杀案 | móu shā àn | murder case |
| 阴谋noun | yīn móu | to conspire |
| 谋杀罪 | móu shā zuì | murder |
| 同谋noun | tóng móu | to conspire with sb |
| 谋生verb | móu shēng | to seek one's livelihood |
| 预谋verb | yù móu | premeditated |
| 密谋verb | mì móu | conspiracy |
| 参谋长noun | cān móu zhǎng | chief of staff |
| 谋划verb | móu huà | to scheme |
| 共谋verb | gòng móu | to scheme together |
| 主谋noun | zhǔ móu | mastermind |
| 合谋verb | hé móu | to conspire |
| 图谋noun | tú móu | to conspire |
| 计谋noun | jì móu | stratagem |
谋 appears in 87 compound words: 31 as the first character, 39 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 谋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (18)
experienced and astute; circumspect and far-seeing; scheming and calculating
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
experienced and astute; circumspect and far-seeing; scheming and calculating
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
Showing 12 of 18 idioms containing 谋.
Example Sentences
他谋言谨慎，从不说没有根据的话。
tā móu yán jǐn shèn , cóng bù shuō méi yǒu gēn jù de huà .
He is cautious in his counsel and never speaks without grounds.
...近平:以中德关系的稳定性和活力为动荡世界谋大同
. . . jìn píng : yǐ zhōng dé guān xì de wěn dìng xìng hé huó lì wéi dòng dàng shì jiè móu dà tóng
... Jinping: Seek unity in a turbulent world with the stability and vitality of Sino-German relations
伊朗武装部队总参谋长:敌人试图以“战略消耗”动摇体制、打击...
yī lǎng wǔ zhuāng bù duì zǒng cān móu cháng : dí rén shì tú yǐ zhàn lüè xiāo hào dòng yáo tǐ zhì , dǎ jī . . .
Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces: The enemy is trying to shake the system with "strategic attrition" and strike...
张艺谋谈间谍通过“垃圾桶交接加密手机”:国安同...
zhāng yì móu tán jiān dié tōng guò lā jī tǒng jiāo jiē jiā mì shǒu jī : guó ān tóng . . .
Zhang Yimou talks about spies handing over encrypted mobile phones through trash cans: Guoan Tong...
餐饮在线运营商再惠谋求新加坡和香港双重上市:尚未盈..
cān yǐn zài xiàn yùn yíng shāng zài huì móu qiú xīn jiā pō hé xiāng gǎng shuāng chóng shàng shì : shàng wèi yíng . .
Catering online operator Zai Hui seeks dual listing in Singapore and Hong Kong: not yet profitable:
张艺谋回应在电影《惊蛰无声》中“间谍在垃圾桶交...
zhāng yì móu huí yīng zài diàn yǐng jīng 蛰 wú shēng zhōng jiān dié zài lā jī tǒng jiāo . . .
Zhang Yimou responded in the movie "Silent Sting", "spies are in the trash can...
他因谋杀罪被绞死。
Tā yīn móushāzuì bèi jiǎosǐ.
He was hanged for murder.
要解开谋杀背后潜藏之谜！
Yào jiěkāi móushā bèihòu qiáncáng zhī mí!
Solve the mystery lurking behind the murder!
他有可能是被谋杀的。
Tā yǒukěnéng shì bèi móushā de.
There's a possibility that the man was murdered.
警察逮捕了谋杀这位小姐的凶手。
Jǐngchá dàibǔ le móushā zhèwèi xiǎojie de xiōngshǒu.
The police arrested the man who had murdered the girl.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced móu
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