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"茅" Chinese-English Dictionary

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茅 máo
Radical
艸 (6 traits)
Number of strokes
8
Structure
haut et bas
Cangjie
TNIH 廿弓戈竹
Sijiao
4422.2
Wubi
ACBT
GB 2312
C3A9
Big5
AD54
Unicode
U+8305

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation
茅 máo reeds / rushes syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
茅屋 máo wū thatched cottage syn
茅台 茅臺 máo tái maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒[mao2 tai2 jiu3]
茅山 máo shān Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province
茅盾 máo dùn Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
茅草 máo cǎo see 白茅[bai2mao2] syn
茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit / latrine syn
茅舍 máo shè cottage / hut syn
茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn
茅厕 茅廁 máo si (dialect) latrine syn
茅庐 茅廬 máo lú thatched cottage syn
茅棚 máo péng thatched shed syn
茅箭 máo jiàn Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei
茅竹 máo zhú variant of 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]
茅台酒 茅臺酒 máo tái jiǔ maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]
茅以升 máo yǐ shēng Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
茅箭区 茅箭區 máo jiàn qū Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei
茅屋顶 茅屋頂 máo wū dǐng thatched roof
茅塞顿开 茅塞頓開 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
前茅 qián máo forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks
香茅 xiāng máo lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
白茅 bái máo cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia syn
包茅 bāo máo bundled thatch
思茅 sī máo Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
仙茅 xiān máo golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
拔茅茹 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
思茅区 思茅區 sī máo qū Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市[Pu3 er3 shi4], Yunnan
思茅市 sī máo shì Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
香茅醇 xiāng máo chún citronellol (chemistry)
仙茅科 xiān máo kē Hypoxidaceae
名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best syn
初出茅庐 初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn syn
三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb syn
土阶茅茨 土階茅茨 tǔ jiē máo cí lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅屋 土階茅屋 tǔ jiē máo wū lit. earthen steps and a small cottage / frugal living conditions (idiom)
达特茅斯 達特茅斯 dá tè máo sī Dartmouth (place name)
普利茅斯 pǔ lì máo sī Plymouth
伯恩茅斯 bó ēn máo sī Bournemouth, UK
朴次茅斯 樸次茅斯 pǔ cì máo sī Portsmouth, southern English seaport
埃文茅斯 āi wén máo sī Avonmouth in southwest England / same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡[Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2]
拔茅连茹 拔茅連茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
东茅草盖 東茅草蓋 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
格雷茅斯 gé léi máo sī Greymouth, town in New Zealand / also written 格雷默斯[Ge2 lei2 mo4 si1]
思茅地区 思茅地區 sī máo dì qū Simao prefecture in Yunnan

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