HSK 6 · Verbs

抚摸 fǔmō “to stroke” in Chinese

Traditional 撫摸

What 抚摸 means

  1. to stroke
  2. to caress
  3. to gently caress and stroke
  4. to pet

How to say 抚摸

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抚fǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale摸mō1st tone, high and level

抚摸 in a sentence

  1. 他在抚摸那只狗。

    Tā zài fǔmō nà zhī gǒu.

    He’s stroking the dog.

    Sentence #12569637 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 抚摸 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 抚 (fǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
抚fǔto comfort
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 无not · wúSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 无 (wú) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǔ.

The character 摸 (mō) with each of its parts in a different colour
摸mōto feel with the hand
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mō.

How to write 抚摸

抚 7 strokes · 摸 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 抚摸

Words with 抚

抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)

Words with 摸

摸mō · to feel with the hand摸索mōsuǒ · to grope

More words: Common Verbs

分散fēnsàn · to scatter粉碎fěnsuì · to smash服从fúcóng · to obey覆盖fùgài · to cover俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)敷衍fūyǎn · to do something perfunctorily赋予fùyǔ · to give辅助fǔzhù · to assist

FAQs

抚摸 (fǔmō) means “to stroke” or “to caress”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǔmō: fǔ with a 3rd tone, then mō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 抚摸 is written 撫摸. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fumo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抚摸 from the suggestions. Typing fumo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抚摸 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.