Chinese Word: 茂 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

茂HSK 6

Pinyin: mào

English Definition: luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene

Chinese Definition:
①草木旺盛：茂盛。丰茂。
②美，有才德：茂士。茂才(即“秀才”)。
③有机化合物，环戊间二烯的简称。无色液体，用来制农药、塑料等。
④古同“懋”，勉。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:戊 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 戊 [ wù ] 5th heavenly stem

Similar Characters: 荗

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茂密	mào mì	dense (of plant growth); lush
茂盛HSK 6	mào shèng	lush
图文并茂	tú wén bìng mào	picture and accompanying essay are both excellent (idiom)
繁茂	fán mào	exuberant; luxuriant; lush and flourishing (vegetation); rank growth
风华正茂	fēng huá zhèng mào	in one's prime

1		cǐ dì 此地 yǒu 有 chóng shān 崇山 jùn 峻 lǐng 领， mào lín xiū zhú 茂林修竹。 High mountains and luxuriant bamboo groves lie in the back;
2		shì wù 事物 biàn huàn 变幻 wú cháng 无常， shí ér 时而 diāo líng 凋零， shí ér 时而 mào shèng 茂盛。 The changes of things are unpredictable, sometimes withering, sometimes thriving.
3		yì tóu 一头 mào mì 茂密 de 的 tóu fa 头发 shǐ zhōng 始终 shì 是 tā 他 de 的 tè diǎn 特点 zhī yī 之一。 His thick hair has always been one of his distinctive features.