茅 (maau4 | mao2) : couch grass; rude; hysterical

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茅

maau4

mao2

[1] couch grass; twitch grass
[2] [粵] rude and unreasonable; dishonest
[3] [粵] hysterical; make a scene; flare up
[4] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

茅

This word has been viewed 5945 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Sep 2010 15:20

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香茅 hoeng1 maau4 xiang1 mao2 = lemon grass

初出茅廬 co1 ceot1 maau4 lou4 = young and inexperienced

茅台酒 maau4 toi4 zau2 mao2 tao2 jiu3 = Mao-tai

茅根 maau4 gan1 = couch-grass

茅草 maau4 cou2 = couch-grass

茅塞頓開 maau4 sak1 deon6 hoi1 mao2 se4 dun4 kai1 = suddenly understand sth.; suddenly see the light

思茅 si1 maau4 si1 mao2 = Simao (city in Yunnan)

思茅地區 si1 maau4 dei6 keoi1 si1 mao2 di4 qu1 = Simao district (district in Yunnan)

發茅 faat3 maau4 = desperately flustered 粵

三顧茅廬 saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4 san1 gu4 mao2 lu2 = seeking help humbly and with earnestness and perseverance
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 12 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 茅
Unicode code for this character: U+8305 (off-site link)

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