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 9800 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

莫耳 mok6 ji5 mo4 er3 = mole (unit)

莫須有 mok6 seoi1 jau5 mo4 xu1 you3 = feigned; made-up; trumped-up; fictitious

莫講 mok6 gong2 mo4 jiang3 = not to mention..., let alone

莫薑 mok6 goeng1 mo4 jiang1 = gutless; no guts; chicken 粵

窮寇莫追 kung4 kau3 mok6 zeoi1 qiong2 kou4 mo4 zhui1 = never corner a defeated enemy

莫非 mok6 fei1 mo4 fei1 = could it be that...? (similar to 難道) | Cant. 唔通國

莫桑比克 mok6 song1 bei2 hak1 mo4 sang1 bi3 ke4 = Mozambique

莫斯科 mok6 si1 fo1 mo4 si1 ke1 = Moscow

莫桑比克海峽 mok6 song1 bei2 hak1 hoi2 haap6 = Mozambique Channel

莫霍克 mok6 fok3 hak1 mo4 huo4 ke4 = Mohawk (American Indian and haircut)

莫說 mok6 syut3 mo4 shuo1 = not to mention... ; let alone... 國

莫札特 mok6 zaat3 dak6 mo4 zha2 te4 = Mozart

非你莫屬 fei1 nei5 mok6 suk6 fei1 ni3 mo4 shu3 = no other than you

知子莫若父 zi1 zi2 mok6 yoek6 fu6 zhi1 zi3 mo4 ruo4 fu4 = no one know's a son better than a father

知我莫若你 zi1 ngo5 mok6 yoek6 nei5 zhi1 wo3 mo4 ruo4 ni3 = no one know's me better than you

若要人不知，除非己莫為 jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4 ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1, chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2 = if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong)

後悔莫及 hau6 fui3 mok6 kap6 hou4 hui3 mo4 ji2 = too late to regret

一籌莫展 jat1 cau4 mok6 zin2 yi1*4 chou2 mo4 zhan3 = to be without a plan or strategy to employ

呻飢莫呻飽 san3 gei1 mok6 san3 baau2 shen1 ji1 mo4 shen1 bao3 = lament hunger, not fullness

知錯能改，善莫大焉 zi1 co3 nang4 goi2 sin6 mok6 daai6 jin4 zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3 shan4 mo4 da4 yan1 = nothing is better than to correct one's mistakes

哀莫大於心死 oi1 mok6 daai6 jyu1 sam1 sei2 ai1 mo4 da4 yu2 xin1 si3 = there is nothing more sorrowful than despair

莫文蔚 mok6 man4 wai3 mo4 wen2 wei4 = Karen Mok

莫少聰 mok6 siu2 cung1 mo4 shao3 cong1 = Max Mok

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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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