"抹" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 抹
- Radical
- 手 (4 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 8
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- QDJ 手木十
- Sijiao
- 5509.0
- Wubi
- RGSY
- GB 2312
- C4A8
- Big5
- A9D9
- Unicode
- U+62B9
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 抹 | to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc | syn | |
| 抹 | to plaster / to go around / to skirt | syn | |
| 抹 | to wipe | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 抹去 | to erase | ||
| 抹布 | cleaning rag / also pr. [mo3 bu4] | ||
| 抹杀 抹殺 | to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress | syn | |
| 抹黑 | to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) | syn | |
| 抹煞 | variant of 抹殺|抹杀[mo3 sha1] | syn | |
| 抹灰 | to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1] | syn | |
| 抹茶 | green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) | ||
| 抹刀 | scraper / trowel / putty knife | ||
| 抹酱 抹醬 | spread (food) | ||
| 抹泪 抹淚 | to wipe away tears / (fig.) to shed tears | ||
| 抹零 | (of a seller) to round down the fractional part of a bill | ||
| 抹片 | smear (used for medical test) (Tw) | ||
| 抹平 | to flatten / to level / to smooth out | ||
| 抹消 | to erase / to wipe | ||
| 抹胸 | old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen | ||
| 抹油 | to anoint | ||
| 抹脖子 | to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide | syn | |
| 抹香鲸 抹香鯨 | sperm whale / cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) | ||
| 抹稀泥 | see 和稀泥[huo4 xi1 ni2] | ||
| 抹黑行动 抹黑行動 | smear campaign | ||
| 抹不下脸 抹不下臉 | to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom) |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 涂抹 塗抹 | to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate | syn | |
| 擦抹 | to wipe | ||
| 拭抹 | to swab / to wipe up with a mop | ||
| 涂抹酱 塗抹醬 | spread (for putting on bread etc) | ||
| 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush | syn | |
| 浓妆艳抹 濃妝艷抹 | to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup | syn | |
| 涂脂抹粉 塗脂抹粉 | to put on makeup / to prettify | syn | |
| 转弯抹角 轉彎抹角 | see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3] | syn | |
| 哭天抹泪 哭天抹淚 | to wail and whine / piteous weeping | syn | |
| 一笔抹煞 一筆抹煞 | variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1] | syn | |
| 吃干抹净 吃乾抹淨 | (idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage / to ruthlessly exploit | ||
| 淡妆浓抹 淡妝濃抹 | in light or heavy makeup (idiom) | ||
| 宫颈抹片 宮頸抹片 | cervical smear | ||
| 难以抹去 難以抹去 | hard to erase / ineradicable | ||
| 涂脂抹粉 塗脂抹粉 | (idiom) to put on makeup / (idiom) to prettify | syn | |
| 乌漆抹黑 烏漆抹黑 | see 烏漆墨黑|乌漆墨黑[wu1 qi1 mo4 hei1] | ||
| 一笔抹杀 一筆抹殺 | to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing | syn | |
| 转变抹角 轉變抹角 | lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom) / to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush |