HSK 6 · Function Words

默默 mòmò “silently” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 默默 means

  1. silently
  2. quietly
  3. in silence
  4. not speaking

How to say 默默

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale默mò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale默mò4th tone, falling

默默 in a sentence

  1. 我的母亲只是默默地哭泣。

    Wǒ de mǔqīn zhǐshì mòmò de kūqì.

    My mother just wept silently.

    Sentence #1394844 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 默默地走。

    Mòmò de zǒu.

    Walk away quietly.

    Sentence #13150954 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 默默 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 默 (mò) with each of its parts in a different colour
默mòsilent
  • 黑black · hēi
  • 犬dog · quǎn
The character 默 (mò) with each of its parts in a different colour
默mòsilent
  • 黑black · hēi
  • 犬dog · quǎn

How to write 默默

默 16 strokes

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

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

Words related to 默默

Words with 默

幽默yōumò · humour沉默chénmò · silent潜移默化qiányímòhuà · to influence subtly over time

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FAQs

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