What does 冒 mean in Chinese?

冒 (mào) means "to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 5 word.

How do you pronounce 冒?

冒 is pronounced "mào" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 4.

What words contain the character 冒?

Common words with 冒 include 仿冒 (to counterfeit), 假冒 (to impersonate), 傻冒 (idiot), 冒充 (to feign), 冒名 (an impostor).

How do you write 冒?

You can practice writing 冒 using our stroke order tool.

冒 (mào), to emit

冒

mào

to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave

HSK 5verbliterary

Character Breakdown

Radical: 冂 (no. 13)

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Definitions

(verb, literary) to emit
to give off
to send out (or up, forth)
to brave
to face
reckless
to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc)
to feign
(literary) to cover

Example Sentences

他冒着大雨跑回家。

Tā mào zhe dà yǔ pǎo huí jiā

He ran home braving the heavy rain

Words Containing 冒

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
仿冒	fǎng mào	to counterfeit
假冒	jiǎ mào	to impersonate
傻冒	shǎ mào	idiot
冒充	mào chōng	to feign
冒名	mào míng	an impostor
冒失	mào shi	rash
冒昧	mào mèi	bold
冒暑	mào shǔ	heat stroke (TCM)
冒死	mào sǐ	to brave death
冒火	mào huǒ	to get angry

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Related Words

问候(wèn hòu)· to give one's respects

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传给(chuán gei)· to pass on (to sb)

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告谕(gào yù)· (literary) to inform (the public)

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揪送(jiū sòng)· to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)

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HSK & Exam Info

HSK 3.0: Level 5

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冒

mào