舞 (mou5 | wu3) : dance

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舞

mou5

wu3

[1] dance; dancing
[2] brandish; wield; wave
[3] play with; engage in

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 舛 (#136)

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

舞

This word has been viewed 11570 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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廣場舞 gwong2 coeng4 mou5 guang3 chang2 wu3 = plaza dancing

跳舞 tiu3 mou5 tiao4 wu3 = dance

芭蕾舞 baa1 leoi4 mou5 ba1 lei3 wu3 = ballet

舞蹈 mou5 dou6 wu3 dao3 = dance

舞臺 mou5 toi4 wu3 tai2 = dance stage; (theatrical or political) stage; arena

舞台 mou5 toi4 wu3 tai2 = dance stage; (theatrical or political) stage; arena

舞會 mou5 wui6*2 wu3 hui4 = dance; ball; party; prom

舞廳 mou5 teng1 wu3 ting1 = dance hall; ballroom

飛舞 fei1 mou5 fei1 wu3 = to flutter in the air; to dance in the wind

脫衣舞 tyut3 ji1 mou5 = striptease, stripteaser
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今次嘅舞蹈演出婀娜多姿，舞蹈家非常有水準！粵
This dance performance used many different styles but were all elegant.The dancers were excellent!

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Decimal representation of this word: 舞
Unicode code for this character: U+821e (off-site link)

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