毛
máo
Meaning
- hair
- feather
- down
- wool
- mildew · mold
- coarse or semifinished
- young
- raw
- careless
- unthinking
- nervous
- scared
- to devalue or depreciate
- classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 jiǎo , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分 fēn)
- surname Mao
Example sentences
猫尾巴上有多少毛？
貓尾巴上有多少毛？
māo wěi ba shàng yǒu duō shǎo máo？
How many hairs are on a cat's tail?
毛髪有利于动物保暖。
毛髪有利於動物保暖。
máo fà yǒu lì yú dòng wù bǎo nuǎn。
Hair helps animals keep warm.
昨天下雨，皮皮的毛全都打湿了，看起来像只落汤鸡。
昨天下雨，皮皮的毛全都打溼了，看起來像只落湯雞。
zuó tiān xià yǔ， pí pí de máo quán dōu dǎ shī le， kàn qǐ lái xiàng zhǐ luò tāng jī。
It rained yesterday, and Pipi's fur got completely wet, making him look like a drowned rat.