HSK 5 · Function Words

某 mǒu “some” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 某 means

  1. some
  2. a certain
  3. sb or sth indefinite
  4. such-and-such

How to say 某

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale某mǒu3rd tone, dipping

某 in a sentence

  1. 他住在公园周围的某个地方。

    Tā zhù zài gōngyuán zhōuwéi de mǒu ge dìfang.

    He lives somewhere around the park.

    Sentence #334975 from Tatoeba

  2. 我想某一天拜访你的国家。

    Wǒ xiǎng mǒu yì tiān bàifǎng nǐ de guójiā.

    I’d like to visit your country some day.

    Sentence #334857 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 从某种意义来说，你是对的。

    Cóng mǒu zhǒng yìyì lái shuō, nǐ shì duì de.

    In a sense, you’re right.

    Sentence #1899741 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 某 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 某 (mǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
某mǒusome
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 某

某 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 某

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厘米límǐ · centimetre连忙liánmáng · promptly临时línshí · temporary陆续lùxù · in turn难免nánmiǎn · hard to avoid哪怕nǎpà · even难怪nánguài · (it’s) no wonder (that…)宁可nìngkě · preferably

FAQs

某 (mǒu) means “some” or “a certain”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it mǒu: mǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 某 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 某 from the suggestions. Typing mou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
某 is an HSK 5 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.