摸

Meaningmō(verb)

to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract

Examples

• 妈妈摸了摸孩子的头。

  mā ma mō le mō hái zi de tóu.

  Mom stroked the child's head.

• 博物馆里的东西请不要用手摸。

  bó wù guǎn lǐ de dōng xi qǐng bú yào yòng shǒu mō.

  Please don't touch the items in the museum.

• 房间太黑了，他摸着找到了开关。

  fáng jiān tài hēi le, tā mō zhe zhǎo dào le kāi guān.

  The room was so dark that he groped for the light switch.

Easily confused

• 模 — 摸 (hand radical, mō) means to touch; 模 (wood radical, mó/mú) means model or mould (模式, 模样). They look alike.

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Meaningmó(verb)

variant of 摹

Examples

• 他的回答总是摸棱两可。

  tā de huí dá zǒng shì mō léng liǎng kě.

  His answers are always ambiguous.

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