木偶 meaning in English

mù'ǒu

puppet

HSK 7-9noun15 strokes

Meaning of 木偶

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mù'ǒu
  1. puppet

木偶 in example sentences

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

我wǒ总zǒng觉jué得de木mù偶ǒu戏xì有yǒu点diǎn吓xià人rén。
I always find puppet shows a bit creepy.
木mù偶ǒu由yóu电diàn线xiàn控kòng制zhì。
The puppets are controlled by wires.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

木 mù · tree · 4 strokes

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  4. 4

偶 ǒu · accidentally · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 木偶.

木头mùtouwood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
偶尔ǒu'ěroccasionally; once in a while
偶然ǒuránincidentally; occasional
偶像ǒuxiàngidol
树木shùmùtree
木材mùcáiwood
木板mùbǎnslab; board
麻木mámùnumb; insensitive
木匠mùjiàngcarpenter
配偶pèi'ǒuspouse
玩偶wán'ǒutoy figurine; action figure
人偶rén'ǒupuppet; figure

Questions about 木偶

What does 木偶 mean?

木偶 (mù'ǒu) means "puppet" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 木偶?

木偶 is made of 2 characters: 木 (4 strokes), 偶 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 木偶 an HSK word?

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