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Mandarin · pinyin mō#

Mandarin · pinyin mó#

variant of 摹 mó

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摸: mō · gently touch with hand; caress

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1 · mo1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mo1 · mo2 · mok3 · mok6 · mou4

Cantonese word readings for 摸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to touch; to feel (with the hand); to caress
to fish for; to fumble; to grope for
to feel out; to sound out
to feel one's way; to grope
to be sluggish

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 摹 (mó, “to copy; to imitate”)
used in 摸稜／摸棱 (móléng)

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