毛 máo hair

源How it came to be

A tuft of hair or a feather, the strands curling over at the tip and the stem running down through them. It is any growth off a skin: hair, fur, down.

用用法

• "Hair/fur/feather" (on body or animals, not head hair - that's 头发 tóufa): 眉毛 (méimao) eyebrow, 羽毛 (yǔmáo) feather, 毛衣 (máoyī) wool sweater.
• Colloquial for a dime, 1/10 yuan: 三毛钱 (sān máo qián) 30 cents (written 角 jiǎo formally).
• 毛病 (máobìng) = a fault/defect or a (health) problem: 车有毛病 (chē yǒu máobìng) something's wrong with the car.

字含“毛”的汉字

• 笔 pen
• 毫 fine hair
• 耗 to consume
• 毯 rug
• 髦 fashionable

词含“毛”的词语

• 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadmintonHSK 3
• 毛巾máojīntowelHSK 4
• 毛衣máoyīsweaterHSK 4
• 毛病máobìngfaultHSK 5
• 毛笔máobǐwriting brushHSK 5
• 眉毛méimaoeyebrowHSK 6
• 一毛不拔yìmáo-bùbáliterally unwilling to spare a single hairHSK 8
• 凤毛麟角fèngmáo-línjiǎoliterally as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn hornsHSK 8

句例句

• 我的爱好是打羽毛球。 Wǒ de àihào shì dǎ yǔmáoqiú.My hobby is playing badminton.
• 她穿橙色的毛衣。 Tā chuān chéngsède máoyī.She is wearing an orange sweater.
• 妈妈用毛巾把婴儿裹起来。 Māma yòng máojīn bǎ yīng'ér guǒ qǐlái.The mother wraps the baby in the towel.