冒 (mou6 | mao4 ) : emit; risk; affront; false

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冒

mou6

mao4

[1] emit; give off; send out
[2] risk; brave; jeopardize
[3] affront; offend; bold; rash
[4] assume false identity; pose as

冒 is pronounced mak6 in Jyutping and mo4 in Pinyin when used in 冒頓, name of a chieftain of Xiongnu in the early Han dynasty.

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 冂 (#13)

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

冒

Don't confuse with:
昌

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Nov 2009 08:20

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冒風險 mou6 fung1 him2 mao4 feng1 xian3 = to take risks

冒犯 mou6 faan6 mao4 fan4 = offend; affront

作感冒 zok3 gam2 mou6 zuo4 gan3 mao4 = have a cold 粵

冒號 mou6 hou6 mao4 hao4 = colon (as in the punctuation mark)

感冒 gam2 mou6 gan3 mao4 = a cold; to catch a cold

假冒 gaa2 mou6 jia3 mao4 = to impersonate; to pose as; to palm off a fake as genuine

冒險 mou6 him2 mao4 xian3 = take a risk; risky

冒牌貨 mou6 paai4 fo3 mao4 pai2 huo4 = faker; counterfeit

流行性感冒 lau4 hang4 sing3 gam2 mou6 liu2 xing2 xing4 gan3 mao4 = influenza

感冒藥 gam2 mou6 joek6 gan3 mao4 yao4 = cold medicine

愛冒險的 oi3 mou6 him2 dik1 ai4 mao4 xian3 de5 = adventurous 國

冒險家 mou6 him2 gaa1 mao4 xian3 jia1 = an adventurer

冒險者 mou6 him2 ze2 mao4 xian3 zhe3 = an adventurer

冒警 mou6 ging2 = pose as a police officer

冒險主義 mou6 him2 zyu2 ji6 mao4 xian3 zhu3 yi4 = adventurism (common formation)

假冒他人 gaa2 mou6 taa1 jan4 jia3 mao4 ta1 ren2 = impersonate someone (common formation)

假冒公職人員 gaa2 mou6 gung1 zik1 jan4 jyun4 = impersonate a public officer (common formation)

冒充 mou6 cung1 mao4 chong1 = pretend to be (sb. or sth. else) , pass sb. or sth. off as

冒充者 mou6 cung1 ze2 mao4 chong1 zhe3 = an impostor, imposter; a fake; a fraud

重感冒 cung5 gam2 mou6 zhong4 gan3 mao4 = heavy cold

冒泡 mou6 paau1 mao4 pao4 = bubble; bubble up; bubbling; effervesce; effervescence; effervescency

冒領 mou6 leng5 mao4 ling3 = falsely claim as one's own

冒頭 mou6 tau4 mao4 tou2 = begin to crop up

冒失鬼 mou6 sat1 gwai2 mao4 shi1 gui3 = reckless person; hothead; daredevil

冒失 mou6 sat1 mao4 shi1 = reckless, abrupt, rash, presumptuous; boldness

仿冒 fong2 mou6 fang3 mao4 = to counterfeit; fake

冒火 mou6 fo2 mao4 huo3 = burn with anger, get angry, flare up

冒昧 mou6 mui6 mao4 mei4 = bold, presumptuous; to take the liberty of

寒風感冒 hon4 fung1 gam2 mou6 han2 feng1 gan3 mao4 = a common cold

冒險樂園 mou6 him2 lok6 jyun4 = JumpinGym (a family entertainment center in HK)

不感冒 bat1 gam2 mou6 bu4 gan3 mao4 = have no interest 國 (common formation)

假冒偽劣產品 gaa2 mou6 ngai6 lyut3 caan2 ban2 jia3 mao4 wei4 lie4 chan3 pin3 = counterfeit shoddy products (common formation)

假冒商標 gaa2 mou6 soeng1 biu1 jia3 mao4 shang1 biao1 = a counterfeit trademark

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