抹 (maat3 mut3 mut6 | ma1 mo3 mo4 ) : wipe; smear; daub

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抹

maat3 mut3 mut6

ma1 mo3 mo4

[粵] maat3 [國] ma1
[1] wipe; rub; mop (table. floor, etc)
[2] slip/take sth off; remove from

[粵] mut3 mut6 [國] mo3
[1] smear; apply; put on (cream, powder, etc)
[2] erase; blot out; obliterate
[3] wipe (forehead, mouth, etc)

[粵] mut3 mut6 [國] mo4
[1] daub; plaster, spread (wall, floor, etc)
[2] skirt; bypass

The two Jyutping readings 'mut3' and 'mut6' are mostly interchangeable in usage, with 'mut3' regarded as the standard pronunciation.

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

抹

This word has been viewed 10649 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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抹去 mut3 heoi3 mo3 qu4 = To erase

抹手毛巾 maat3 sau2 mou4 gan1 ma1 shou3 mao2 jin1 = hand towel; handtowel

抹殺 mut3 saat3 mo3 sha1 = to remove from evidence; expunge; suppress

塗脂抹粉 tou4 zi1 mut3 fan2 = prettify; whitewash

抹黑 mut3 hak1 mo3 hei1 = to smear; to discredit; to bring shame on

抹地 maat3 dei6 = floor-cloth

抹地布 maat6 dei6 bou3 = floor-cloth

抹乾淨 maat3 gon1 zeng6 ma1 gan1 jing4 = to wipe/sweep clean (with some sort of cloth)

擦玻璃的抹布 caat3 bo1 lei4*1 dik1 maat3 bou3 ca1 bo1 li5 de5 ma1 bu4 = glass-cloth

抹片 maat3 pin3 mo3 pian1 = smear (used for medical test)

抹油 maat3 jau4 mo3 you2 = to anoint

抹布 maat3 bou3 ma1 bu4 = a cleaning rag

抹煞 mut3 saat3 mo3 sha4 (Taiwan), mo3 sha1 (PRC) = to wipe out; to obliterate

抹煞事實 mut3 saat3 si6 sat6 mo3 sha1 shi4 shi2 = to explain away

抹額 mut3 ngaak6 mo3 e2 = hood; kerchief wrapped around the head covering the forehead

一筆抹殺 jat1 bat1 mut3 saat3 yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1 = blot out at one stroke; condemn out of hand; totally negate

吹水唔抹嘴 ceoi1 seoi2 m4 maat3 zeoi2 = talk rubbish; talk nonsense 粵

偷食唔抹嘴 tau1 sik6 m4 maat3 zeoi2 = leave evidence after cheating 粵

轉彎抹角 zyun3 waan1 mut3 gok3 zhuan3 wan1 mo4 jiao3 = beat about the bush; indirectly implying

抹茶 mut3 caa4 mo3 cha2 = matcha; Japanese powdered green tea

宮頸抹片 gung1 geng2 maat3 pin3 gong1 jing3 mo3 pian1 = cervical smear

洗腳唔抹腳 sai2 goek3 m4 maat3 goek3 = spendthrift; spend money like water 粵

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講話唔使轉彎抹角粵
Don't have to beat about the bush when you talk.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

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