HSK 4 · Body

毛 máo “hair” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 毛 means

  1. hair
  2. feather
  3. down
  4. wool
  5. mildew
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • mould

How to say 毛

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale毛máo2nd tone, rising

毛 in a sentence

  1. 他胸口很多毛。

    Tā xiōngkǒu hěn duō máo.

    He has a hairy chest.

    Sentence #3364539 from Tatoeba

  2. 我感觉像羽毛一样轻飘。

    Wǒ gǎnjué xiàng yǔmáo yíyàng qīngpiāo.

    I felt light as a feather.

    Sentence #5691258 from Tatoeba

  3. 她买了件羊毛套衫给他。

    Tā mǎi le jiàn yángmáo tàoshān gěi tā.

    She bought him a woollen jumper.

    Sentence #469515 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 毛 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 毛 (máo) with each of its parts in a different colour
毛máohair
  • 乇to depend on · zhé
  • 一one · yī

How to write 毛

毛 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 毛

Words with 毛

毛巾máojīn · towel羽毛球yǔmáoqiú · shuttlecock眉毛méimao · eyebrow毛病máobìng · fault

More words: People, Body & Health

胳膊gēbo · arm咳嗽késou · to cough汗hàn · perspiration力气lìqi · strength皮肤pífū · skin生命shēngmìng · life痛tòng · painful宝贝bǎobèi · baby

FAQs

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