某 (mau5 | mou3) : a certain thing or person; I

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某

mau5

mou3

[1] a certain thing or person
[2] formerly used in place of "I"; can be preceeded by surname (e.g. 陳某)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

某

This word has been viewed 7159 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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某日 mau5 jat6 = at a certain date 國

某些 mau5 se1 mou3 xie1 = some, certain (things)

某人 mau5 jan4 mou3 ren2 = a certain person; someone

某種 mau5 zung2 mou3 zhong3 = some kind (of)

某物 mau5 mat6 mou3 wu4 = something

某時 mau5 si4 mou3 shi2 = sometime

某事 mau5 si6 mou3 shi4 = something

某某 mau5 mau5 mou3mou3 = so-and-so; such and such; Mr. X, Mr. So-and-so

某先生 mau5 sin1 saang1 = Mr. X, Mr. So-and-so

某某人 mau5 mau5 jan4 = Mr. X, Mr. So-and-so
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Showing 1 example containing 某

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

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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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2244/]某[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2244/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">某</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 某
Unicode code for this character: U+67D0 (off-site link)

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