毛

毛 Máo ㄇㄠˊ mou4

hair
feather
down
wool
mildew
mold
coarse or semifinished
young
raw
careless
unthinking
nervous
scared
(of currency) to devalue or depreciate
classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 jiǎo ㄐㄧㄠˇ , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分 fēn ㄈㄣ )

Practice writing

Draw 毛 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

你 ( nǐ nei5 ) 看 ( kàn hon3 ) 个箇 ( gè ) 毛 ( máo mou4 ) 呢 ( ne ne1 )？

What the hell are you looking at?
你 ( nǐ nei5 ) 有 ( yǒu jau5 ) 毛毯 ( máo tǎn mou4 taan2 ) 吗嗎 ( ma maa3 )？

Do you have a woollen blanket?
她 ( tā taa1 ) 穿着穿著 ( chuān zhuó cyun1 zoek3 ) 羊毛 ( yáng máo joeng4 mou4 ) 衣 ( yī ji1 )。

She was dressed in wool.
冬天 ( dōng tiān dung1 tin1 ) 穿 ( chuān cyun1 ) 羊毛 ( yáng máo joeng4 mou4 ) 衣 ( yī ji1 )。

We wear wool in winter.
他 ( tā taa1 ) 胸口 ( xiōng kǒu hung1 hau2 ) 很 ( hěn han2 ) 多 ( duō do1 ) 毛 ( máo mou4 )。

He has a hairy chest.

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