"卯" Chinese-English Dictionary

卯 mǎo

Traditional: 戼
Radical: 卩 (2 traits)
Number of strokes: 5
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: HHSL 竹竹尸中
Sijiao: 2722.0
Wubi: QTBH
GB 2312: C3AE
Big5: A566
Unicode: U+536F

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
卯戼	mǎo	old variant of 卯[mao3]

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
卯时卯時	mǎo shí	5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
卯榫	mǎo sǔn	mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)
卯兔	mǎo tù	Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
卯眼	mǎo yǎn	mortise / slit	syn
卯起来卯起來	mǎo qǐ lai	(coll.) to get enthusiastic / to put in all one's energy

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
丁卯	dīng mǎo	fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
己卯	jǐ mǎo	sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
乙卯	yǐ mǎo	fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
辛卯	xīn mǎo	twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071
癸卯	guǐ mǎo	fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
点卯點卯	diǎn mǎo	morning roll call	syn
榫卯	sǔn mǎo	mortise and tenon
应卯應卯	yìng mǎo	to answer the roll call at 卯時\|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
寅吃卯粮寅吃卯糧	yín chī mǎo liáng	lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later	syn
丁卯胡乱丁卯胡亂	dīng mǎo hú luàn	first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
丁卯战争丁卯戰爭	dīng mǎo zhàn zhēng	first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
寅支卯粮寅支卯糧	yín zhī mǎo liáng	see 寅吃卯糧\|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]
凿死卯子鑿死卯子	záo sǐ mǎo zi	variant of 鑿死鉚子\|凿死铆子[zao2 si3mao3zi5]