莫 — Chinese character
莫
mò
cannot; do not; is not; negative
- Pinyin
- mò
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 艹 旲
- Japanese
- 莫 as a kanji
Common words with 莫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫过于 (莫過於) | mò guò yú | nothing can surpass |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable |
| 莫非 | mò fēi | can it be possible that; could it be |
| 莫大 | mò dà | greatest; most important |
| 莫名 | mò míng | inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable |
| 约莫 (約莫) | yuē mo | to estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately |
| 莫属 (莫屬) | mò shǔ | (the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: 非 (fēi) + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes afte |
| 莫不 | mò bù | none doesn't; there is none who isn't |
| 莫须有 (莫須有) | mò xū yǒu | groundless; baseless |
| 一筹莫展 (一籌莫展) | yī chóu mò zhǎn | to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end |
| 爱莫能助 (愛莫能助) | ài mò néng zhù | unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.; My hands are tied. |
| 望尘莫及 (望塵莫及) | wàng chén mò jí | lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to be far inferior |
English words written with 莫
莫 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 20 · Analects 18 · Art of War 8 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 58 · Zhuangzi 123 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 22
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 46
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 51
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 59
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 66
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