抹 meaning in English

mǒ

to smear; to wipe

HSK 7-9verb8 strokes

Meaning of 抹

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mǒ
  1. to smear
  2. to wipe
  3. to erase
  4. classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
mā
  1. to wipe
mò
  1. to plaster
  2. to go around
  3. to skirt

抹 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā买mǎi了le一yī件jiàn新xīn抹mò胸xiōng。
She bought a new "moxiong".
我wǒ想xiǎng买mǎi一yī条tiáo抹mò胸xiōng裙qún。
I would like to buy a strapless dress.
将jiāng它tā们men放fàng在zài烤kǎo盘pán上shàng并bìng且qiě涂tú抹mǒ蛋dàn白bái。
Put them on the baking pan and smear them with egg whites.
我wǒ看kàn见jiàn汤tāng姆mǔ从cóng门mén把bà手shǒu上shàng抹mǒ掉diào他tā的de指zhǐ纹wén。
I saw Tom wiping his fingerprints off the doorknob.
她tā用yòng毛máo巾jīn把bǎ头tóu发fā抹mǒ干gàn了le。
She wiped her wet hair with a towel.

Stroke order for each character

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抹 mǒ · to smear · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 抹.

抹布mābùcleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]
拐弯抹角guǎiwānmòjiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabou
抹黑mǒhēito discredit; to defame
抹杀mǒshāto erase; to cover traces

Questions about 抹

What does 抹 mean?

抹 (mǒ) means "to smear; to wipe" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 抹?

抹 is made of 1 character: 抹 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 抹 an HSK word?

Yes. 抹 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.