HSK 6 · Body

按摩 ànmó “massage” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 按摩 means

  1. massage

How to say 按摩

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale按àn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale摩mó2nd tone, rising

按摩 in a sentence

  1. 她给他做了个按摩。

    Tā gěi tā zuò le ge ànmó.

    She gave him a massage.

    Sentence #1517491 from Tatoeba

  2. 我想要按摩。我需要放松。

    Wǒ xiǎngyào ànmó. Wǒ xūyào fàngsōng.

    I want a massage. I need to relax.

    Sentence #503183 from Tatoeba

  3. 她是按摩师。

    Tā shì ànmóshī.

    She’s a massage therapist.

    Sentence #3341560 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 按摩 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 按 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
按ànto press
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 安peaceful · ānSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 安 (ān) hints at the sound. Compare it with àn.

The character 摩 (mó) with each of its parts in a different colour
摩móto rub
  • 麻hemp · máSound part
  • 手hand · shǒuMeaning part

手 hints at the meaning (hand); 麻 (má) hints at the sound. Compare it with mó.

How to write 按摩

按 9 strokes · 摩 15 strokes

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按摩 (ànmó) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 按摩 (ànmó). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 按摩

Words with 按

按àn · to press按时ànshí · on time按照ànzhào · according to

Words with 摩

摩托车mótuōchē · motorbike摩擦mócā · friction

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FAQs

按摩 (ànmó) means “massage”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ànmó: àn with a 4th tone, then mó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 按摩 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anmo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 按摩 from the suggestions. Typing anmo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
按摩 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.