HSK 6 · Nature

茂盛 màoshèng “lush” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 茂盛 means

  1. lush
  2. luxuriant
  3. flourishing

How to say 茂盛

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale茂mào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盛shèng4th tone, falling

茂盛 in a sentence

  1. 它长得很茂盛。

    Tā zhǎng de hěn màoshèng.

    It has grown very lush.

    Sentence #2349144 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 茂盛 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 茂 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
茂màoluxuriant
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 戊part of the characterSound part
The character 盛 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盛shèngflourishing
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèng.

How to write 茂盛

茂 8 strokes · 盛 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 茂盛

Words with 盛

盛chéng · to fill (a bowl)丰盛fēngshèng · lavish昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous盛情shèngqíng · great kindness盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in盛行shèngxíng · to be popular盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom

More words: Nature & Environment

开采kāicǎi · to mine砍伐kǎnfá · to fell (trees)矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources枯萎kūwěi · to wither蚂蚁mǎyǐ · ant萌芽méngyá · to sprout棉花miánhua · cotton排放páifàng · to discharge

FAQs

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