幕 (mù): curtain or screen, canopy or tent, headquarters of a general
幕 (mù) is a Chinese character meaning “curtain or screen.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 莫 (phonetic) and 巾 (semantic). It ranks #1307 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 幕 curtain. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).
Definitions
- curtain or screen
- canopy or tent
- headquarters of a general
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 幕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 屏幕noun | píng mù | screen (TV, computer or movie) | 5 |
| 开幕式noun | kāi mù shì | opening ceremony | 5 |
| 字幕noun | zì mù | subtitles | 6 |
| 开幕verb | kāi mù | to open (a conference) | 5 |
| 闭幕式noun | bì mù shì | closing ceremony | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幕后noun | mù hòu | behind the scenes |
| 内幕noun | nèi mù | inside story |
| 幕府noun | mù fǔ | (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer |
| 幕僚noun | mù liáo | aides and advisors of top officials |
| 银幕noun | yín mù | movie screen |
| 夜幕noun | yè mù | curtain of night |
| 帷幕noun | wéi mù | heavy curtain |
| 荧幕noun | yíng mù | TV screen |
| 谢幕verb | xiè mù | to take a curtain call |
| 落幕verb | luò mù | the curtain drops |
| 序幕noun | xù mù | prologue |
| 幕布noun | mù bù | (theater) curtain |
| 烟幕noun | yān mù | smokescreen |
| 黑幕noun | hēi mù | hidden details |
| 揭幕verb | jiē mù | opening |
幕 appears in 68 compound words: 13 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 31 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 幕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
学习幕字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí mù zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "幕" requires repeated practice to achieve neatness.
2026年米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会闭幕式正式开始
2 0 2 6 nián mǐ lán kē ěr dì nà dōng ào huì bì mù shì zhèng shì kāi shǐ
The closing ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics has officially begun
第三十三届国际《古兰经》展览会开幕
dì sān shí sān jiè guó jì gǔ lán jīng zhǎn lǎn huì kāi mù
The 33rd International Quran Exhibition opened
米兰冬奥闭幕式今夜登场 冰雪盛宴落幕维罗纳
mǐ lán dōng ào bì mù shì jīn yè dēng chǎng bīng xuě shèng yàn luò mù wéi luó nà
The closing ceremony of the Milan Winter Olympics debuted tonight, and the ice and snow feast came to an end in Verona
中大主办APAIE年会开幕 约130场会议讲座料吸引逾3000业界...
zhōng dà zhǔ bàn A P A I E nián huì kāi mù yuē 1 3 0 chǎng huì yì jiǎng zuò liào xī yǐn yú 3 0 0 0 yè jiè . . .
CUHK hosts the opening of the APAIE Annual Conference with about 130 conferences and lectures expected to attract more than 3,000 industry participants...
印度AI峰会现尴尬一幕:在总理莫迪出席的场合,Op..
yìn dù A I fēng huì xiàn gān gà yī mù : zài zǒng lǐ mò dí chū xí de chǎng gě , O p . .
An embarrassing scene at the India AI Summit: On the occasion attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Op.
奥运会今天就要开幕了。你有什么感觉？
àoyùnhuì jīntiān jiùyào kāimù le. nǐ yǒu shénme gǎnjué?
The Olympics are starting today. What are you feeling?
他们用慢动作把那一幕播了出来。
Tāmen yòng màndòngzuò bǎ nà yī mù bō le chūlái.
They showed the scene in slow motion.
这个游戏的目的是引爆萤幕上所有的炸弹。
Zhège yóuxì de mùdì shì yǐnbào yíngmù shàng suǒyǒu de zhàdàn.
The aim of this game is to explode all the bombs on the screen.
夜幕降临时，孩子们回家了。
Yèmùjiànglín shí, háizimen huíjiā le.
The children returned home at dusk.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 巾 (curtain) component
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