摸

mō

HSK 4freq #2716

Meanings

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mō

1.to feel with the hand
2.to touch
3.to stroke
4.to grope
5.to steal
6.to abstract

mó

1.variant of 摹[mó]

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Wiktionary

1.to touch; to feel (with the hand); to caress
2.to fish for; to fumble; to grope for
3.to feel out; to sound out
4.to feel one's way; to grope
5.to be sluggish
6.used in 摸稜／摸棱 (móléng)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *maː, *maːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

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Stroke order

Components

摸扌莫

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Example sentences

来吧，摸一下。
Come on, touch it.
摸這條蛇安全嗎?
Is this snake safe to touch?
他在口袋里摸着找他的钱包。
He felt in his pocket for his wallet.

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Synonyms

撫抚磕（Hokkien)

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Related words

触摸 to touch 抚摸 to gently caress and stroke 摸索 to feel about 摸黑 to grope about in the dark 探摸 to feel for sth 捉摸 to fathom 摸清 to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain 踅摸 to look for 自摸 (mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile 学摸 variant of 踅摸[xué mo]摸彩 to draw lots 估摸 to reckon