茅
rushes, reeds, grass; surname; surname Mao; reeds; rushes
- Strokes
- 8
- Pinyin
- máo
Parts
Words with 茅
- 仙茅xiān máo · xianmaogolden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides); Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
- 前茅qián máo · qianmaoforward patrol (military) (old); (fig.) the top ranks
- 包茅bāo máo · baomaobundled thatch
- 白茅bái máo · baimaocogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
- 茅坑máo kēng · maokenglatrine pit; latrine
- 茅屋máo wū · maowuthatched cottage
- 茅山máo shān · maoshanMt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province
- 茅厕máo si · maosi(dialect) latrine
- 茅庐máo lú · maoluthatched cottage
- 茅房máo fáng · maofangtoilet (rural euphemism); thatched hut or house
- 茅棚máo péng · maopengthatched shed
- 茅盾máo dùn · maodunMao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
- 茅台máo tái · maotaiMaotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou; maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒[mao2 tai2 jiu3]
- 茅舍máo shè · maoshecottage; hut
- 香茅xiāng máo · xiangmaolemongrass (Cymbopogon)
- 思茅区sī máo qū · simaoquSimao, a district of Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan
- 思茅市sī máo shì · simaoshiSimao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
- 拔茅茹bá máo rú · bamaorulit. pull up a plant and the roots follow; fig. also involving others; inextricably tangled together
- 茅以升máo yǐ shēng · maoyishengMao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
- 茅屋顶máo wū dǐng · maowudingthatched roof
- 茅箭区máo jiàn qū · maojianquMaojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei
- 茅台酒máo tái jiǔ · maotaijiumaotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
- 香茅醇xiāng máo chún · xiangmaochuncitronellol (chemistry)
- 三顾茅庐sān gù máo lú · sangumaolulit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times); fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
- 伯恩茅斯bó ēn máo sī · boenmaosiBournemouth, town in southern England
- 初出茅庐chū chū máo lú · chuchumaoluventuring from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice
- 名列前茅míng liè qián máo · minglieqianmaoto rank among the best
- 土阶茅屋tǔ jiē máo wū · tujiemaowulit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)
- 土阶茅茨tǔ jiē máo cí · tujiemaocilit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom)
- 拔茅连茹bá máo lián rú · bamaolianrulit. 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.