冒

mào

m+ào·4th tone

to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)

Radical: 冂 Strokes: 9 HSK 5

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

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Character Decomposition

冒=日+目

Meanings

to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)

to brave; to face

(bound form) reckless

to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign

(literary) to cover

mào

surname Mao

Mào

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Words with 冒 195 total

to catch cold · (common) cold · CL: cháng,次 cì · (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) · (Tw) to detest · can't stand感冒gǎn mào abbr. for dǐng míng mào xìng顶冒dǐng mào

Idioms with 冒 17 total Chain

to venture to · to presume to · to take the liberty of不揣冒昧bù chuǎi mào mèi to pretend to be sb else顶名冒姓dǐng míng mào xìng to get really angry火冒三丈huǒ mào sān zhàng (idiom) to face opprobrium冒大不韪mào dà bù wěi to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate · to pose under a false name冒名顶替mào míng dǐng tì