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冒
mào
1. to emit
2. to give off
3. to send out (or up, forth)
4. brave
5. bold
6. to cover
7. to act under false pretences
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

冒
mào
to risk, to brave, to dare
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

傻冒
shǎmào
idiot
冒火
màohuǒ
to get angry
冒烟
màoyān
to discharge smoke
冒牌
màopái
fake
冒犯
màofàn
to offend
HSK 6
冒着
màozhe
to brave
感冒
gǎnmào
to catch cold
HSK 3
冒号
màohào
colon (punct.)
冒进
màojìn
to advance prematurely
冒险
màoxiǎn
to take risks
HSK 5
冒雨
màoyǔ
to brave the rain
冒领
màolǐng
to obtain by impersonation
冒头
màotóu
to emerge
冒题
màotí
writing style in which the main subject is not introduced initially
冒充
màochōng
to feign
HSK 6
冒名
màomíng
an impostor
假冒
jiǎmào
to impersonate
顶冒
dǐngmào
abbr. for [[頂名冒姓|顶名冒姓<dǐngmíngmàoxìng>]]
仿冒
fǎngmào
to counterfeit
诈冒
zhàmào
to claim ownership (of stolen goods)

Alternate Entries

冒
mào
old variant of [[冒<mào>]]
冒
Mào
surname Mao

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,221
Word Frequency Rank
1,367 of 84,292

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