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冒

mào · mao/Mào · mao

Traditional 冐

HSK 5

Meaning

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mào 冒

  1. to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
  2. to brave; to face
  3. (bound form) reckless
  4. to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
  5. (literary) to cover

Mào 冒

  1. surname Mao

mào 冐

  1. old variant of 冒 (mào)
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Smoke from the pot

  1. Liangliang

    你看(nǐkàn)，锅里(guōlǐ)冒(mào)烟(yān)了(le)！

    Look, the pot is smoking!

  2. Dengdeng

    别怕(biépà)，是(shì)热水(rèshuǐ)冒(mào)出来(chūlái)的(de)气(qì)。

    Don't worry, it is steam rising from the hot water.

  3. Liangliang

    不对(bùduì)，这(zhè)是(shì)烟(yān)，不是(bùshì)水气(shuǐqì)，是(shì)黑(hēi)的(de)！

    No, this is smoke, not steam. It is black!

  4. Dengdeng

    啊(a)，我的(wǒde)菜(cài)！我(wǒ)去(qù)关火(guānhuǒ)。

    Ah, my dish! I will turn off the heat.

  5. Liangliang

    现在(xiànzài)不(bù)冒(mào)烟(yān)了(le)，可是(kěshì)菜(cài)都(dōu)黑(hēi)了(le)。

    Now it is not smoking, but the dish is all black.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

烟(yān)从(cóng)烟(yān)囱(cōng)里(lǐ)冒(mào)了(le)出(chū)来(lái)。

The smoke went upward through the chimney.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by auxitt · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)冒(mào)着(zhe)生(shēng)命(mìng)危(wēi)险(xiǎn)救(jiù)了(le)他(tā)的(de)朋(péng)友(you)。

He saved his friend at the risk of his own life.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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