莫 (mok6 | mo4) : not, don't; none, nothing

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莫

mok6

mo4

[1] [adv] not; don't; unable to
[2] [pron] none; no one; nothing
[3] [adv] [indicating a guess or a rhetorical question] can it be that ...; is it possible that ...
[4] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

莫

This word has been viewed 12393 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Nov 2010 13:41

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有怪莫怪 jau5 gwaai3 mok6 gwaai3 you3 guai4 mo4 guai4 = no hard feeling; don't be upset; no offense

約莫 joek3 mok6*2 yue1 mo5 = about, around, approximately, roughly

含冤莫白 ham4 jyun1 mok6 baak6 han2 yuan1 mo4 bai2 = to suffer an injustice

愛莫能助 oi3 mok6 nang4 zo6 ai4 mo4 neng2 zhu4 = to be willing to help but unable to do so

莫名其妙 mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6 mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4 = mysterious; without reason

寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻 ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1 = prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife

莫哭杯 mok6 huk1 bui1 = a training cup for toddlers

莫財 mok6 coi4 = to experience bad fortune; to be poor 粵

莫水 mok6 seoi2 = to experience bad fortune; to be poor 粵

莫過於 mok6 gwo3 jyu1 mo4 guo4 yu2 = nothing is more... than
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若要人不知除非己莫為
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.

人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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