HSK 6 · Media

魔术 móshù “magic” in Chinese

Traditional 魔術

What 魔术 means

  1. magic
  2. magic tricks

How to say 魔术

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale魔mó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale术shù4th tone, falling

魔术 in a sentence

  1. 魔术师吸引了孩子们的注意。

    Móshùshī xīyǐn le háizimen de zhùyì.

    The magician caught the children’s attention.

    Sentence #334604 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 女孩变魔术一样地消失了。

    Nǚhái biàn móshù yíyàng de xiāoshī le.

    The girl vanished as if by magic.

    Sentence #896617 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 那是魔术。

    Nà shì móshù.

    That was magic.

    Sentence #8930197 from Tatoeba

How 魔术 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 魔 (mó) with each of its parts in a different colour
魔móevil spirit; devil
  • 麻hemp · máSound part
  • 鬼ghost · guǐMeaning part

鬼 hints at the meaning (ghost); 麻 (má) hints at the sound. Compare it with mó.

The character 术 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
术shùmethod
  • 木tree · mù
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 魔术

魔 20 strokes · 术 5 strokes

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

Words related to 魔术

Words with 魔

魔鬼móguǐ · devil

Words with 术

艺术yìshù · art技术jìshù · technology手术shǒushù · (surgical) operation武术wǔshù · martial arts学术xuéshù · academic美术měishù · art战术zhànshù · tactics

More words: Media & Arts

论坛lùntán · forum漫画mànhuà · comic媒介méijiè · medium谜语míyǔ · riddle内幕nèimù · inside story偶像ǒuxiàng · idol排练páiliàn · to rehearse情节qíngjié · plot

FAQs

魔术 (móshù) means “magic” or “magic tricks”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it móshù: mó with a 2nd tone, then shù with a 4th 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, 魔术 is written 魔術. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type moshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 魔术 from the suggestions. Typing moshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
魔术 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.