Chinese symbol for “suds”
沫
mò
foam; suds
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suds is 沫 (mò), defined as: foam; suds.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泡沫 | pào mò | foam; (soap) bubble |
| 唾沫 | tuò mo | spittle; saliva |
| 白沫 | bái mò | froth; foam (coming from the mouth) |
| 泡沫经济 (泡沫經濟) | pào mò jīng jì | bubble economy |
| 泡沫塑料 | pào mò sù liào | styrofoam |
| 相濡以沫 | xiāng rú yǐ mò | (lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); (fig.) to share meager resources and support each other |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suds”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.