mao2
surname Mao

mao2
reeds; rushes

strokes 8
radical
strokes after radical 5
埃文茅斯 埃文茅斯 ai1 wen2 mao2 si1
Avonmouth in southwest England; same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡

拔茅连茹 拔茅連茹 ba2 mao2 lian2 ru2
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

拔茅茹 拔茅茹 ba2 mao2 ru2
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow; fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

白茅 白茅 bai2 mao2
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia

包茅 包茅 bao1 mao2
bundled thatch

伯恩茅斯 伯恩茅斯 bo2 en1 mao2 si1
Bournemouth, UK

初出茅庐 初出茅廬 chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn

达特茅斯 達特茅斯 da2 te4 mao2 si1
Dartmouth (place name)

达特茅斯学院 達特茅斯學院 da2 te4 mao2 si1 xue2 yuan4
Dartmouth College

东茅草盖 東茅草蓋 dong1 mao2 cao3 gai4
thatched roof

格雷茅斯 格雷茅斯 ge2 lei2 mao2 si1
Greymouth, town in New Zealand; also written 格雷默斯

茅草 茅草 mao2 cao3
sogon grass

茅盾 茅盾 mao2 dun4
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist

茅盾文学奖 茅盾文學獎 mao2 dun4 wen2 xue2 jiang3
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982

茅房 茅房 mao2 fang2
toilet (rural euphemism); thatched hut or house

茅箭 茅箭 mao2 jian4
Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei

茅箭区 茅箭區 mao2 jian4 qu1
Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市, Hubei

茅坑 茅坑 mao2 keng1
latrine pit; latrine

茅利塔尼亚 茅利塔尼亞 mao2 li4 ta3 ni2 ya4
Mauritania (Tw)

茅庐 茅廬 mao2 lu2
thatched cottage

茅棚 茅棚 mao2 peng2
thatched shed

茅塞顿开 茅塞頓開 mao2 se4 dun4 kai1
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

茅山 茅山 mao2 shan1
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province

茅舍 茅舍 mao2 she4
cottage; hut

茅厕 茅廁 mao2 si5
(dialect) latrine

茅台 茅臺 mao2 tai2
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou; Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒

茅台酒 茅臺酒 mao2 tai2 jiu3
maotai (a Chinese liquor)

茅屋 茅屋 mao2 wu1
thatched cottage

茅屋顶 茅屋頂 mao2 wu1 ding3
thatch roof

茅以升 茅以升 mao2 yi3 sheng1
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist

茅竹 茅竹 mao2 zhu2
variant of 毛竹

名列前茅 名列前茅 ming2 lie4 qian2 mao2
to rank among the best

朴次茅斯 樸次茅斯 pu3 ci4 mao2 si1
Portsmouth, southern English seaport

普利茅斯 普利茅斯 pu3 li4 mao2 si1
Plymouth

前茅 前茅 qian2 mao2
forward patrol (military) (old); (fig.) the top ranks

三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 san1 gu4 mao2 lu2
lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage; cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times

思茅 思茅 si1 mao2
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007

思茅地区 思茅地區 si1 mao2 di4 qu1
Simao prefecture in Yunnan

思茅区 思茅區 si1 mao2 qu1
Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市, Yunnan

思茅市 思茅市 si1 mao2 shi4
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007

土阶茅茨 土階茅茨 tu3 jie1 mao2 ci2
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom)

土阶茅屋 土階茅屋 tu3 jie1 mao2 wu1
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)

仙茅 仙茅 xian1 mao2
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides); Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)

香茅 香茅 xiang1 mao2
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)

占着茅坑不拉屎 占著茅坑不拉屎 zhan4 zhe5 mao2 keng1 bu4 la1 shi3
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb); fig. to be a dog in the manger