Usage of the character 木

Golmud or Ge'ermu city (Tibetan: na gor mo grong khyer) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

bādámù

巴达木

[巴達木]

almond (loanword)

mù'ǒuxì

木偶戏

[木偶戲]

puppet show

báimù'ěr

白木耳

[白木耳]

white fungus (Tremella fuciformis)
snow fungus

jùmùchǎng

锯木厂

[鋸木廠]

saw mill
timber mill

mùxiānggǔ

木箱鼓

[木箱鼓]

cajón (musical instrument)

gōngchéngmù

攻城木

[攻城木]

battering ram

jīchìmù

鸡翅木

[雞翅木]

wenge or wengue (type of wood)

mùfúróng

木芙蓉

[木芙蓉]

cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis)

mùdù'é

木蠹蛾

[木蠹蛾]

wood moth
carpenter moth
CL:隻／只 (zhī)

mùnǎiyī

木乃伊

[木乃伊]

mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)

yǒumùyǒu

有木有

[有木有]

(slang) come on, you can't deny it!
don't you think so?!
(melodramatic form of 有沒有／有没有 (yǒuméiyǒu))

Mùyàorì

木曜日

[木曜日]

Thursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

hémùkē

禾木科

[禾木科]

gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)

Tiěmùzhēn

铁木真

[鐵木真]

Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 ( Chéngjísīhán)

āmùlín

阿木林

[阿木林]

dullard
stupid person

Nièlāmù

聂拉木

[聶拉木]

Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

mùlánhuā

木兰花

[木蘭花]

magnolia

bādànmù

巴旦木

[巴旦木]

almond (loanword)

Mùgécuò

木格措

[木格措]

Lake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定 ( Kāngdìng), Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

duījīmù

堆积木

[堆積木]

to play with stacking blocks

Mùlěixiàn

木垒县

[木壘縣]

Mori Kazakh autonomous county or Mori Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

mùlángāng

木兰纲

[木蘭綱]

Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)

Cháidámù

柴达木

[柴達木]

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

tóngmù'ǒu

桐木偶

[桐木偶]

puppet burial object
wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb

mùzhìsù

木质素

[木質素]

lignin

zhùmùchǎng

贮木场

[貯木場]

lumber yard

Mùwèi Sān

木卫三

[木衛三]

Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III

fēngxiāngmù

枫香木

[楓香木]

Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)

mùtóngtáng

木酮糖

[木酮糖]

xylulose (type of sugar)

mùmǎjì

木马计

[木馬計]

wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)

Mùlánxiàn

木兰县

[木蘭縣]

Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 ( Hā'ěrbīn), Heilongjiang

yánfūmù

盐肤木

[鹽膚木]

Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)

Jímùnǎi

吉木乃

[吉木乃]

Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

chuānmùxiāng

川木香

[川木香]

root of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM)
Dolomiaea souliei

Shénmù Xiàn

神木县

[神木縣]

Shenmu County in Yulin 榆林 ( Yúlín), Shaanxi

Tǎlǐmù

塔里木

[塔里木]

the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang

mùcháiduī

木柴堆

[木柴堆]

pile of firewood
funeral pyre

mùxiròu

木犀肉

[木犀肉]

pork and scrambled eggs

Zuǒzuǒmù

佐佐木

[佐佐木]

Sasaki (Japanese surname)

yèxiāngmù

夜香木

[夜香木]

night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum)

guīhuàmù

硅化木

[硅化木]

petrified wood (geology)

Mùwèi Er

木卫二

[木衛二]

Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II

mùmiánkē

木棉科

[木棉科]

Bombacaceae (botany)

tiělìmù

铁力木

[鐵力木]

ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

dúmùqiáo

独木桥

[獨木橋]

single-log bridge
(fig.) difficult path

Nàmùcuò

纳木错

[納木錯]

Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet

jiàndúmù

箭毒木

[箭毒木]

antiaris, aka upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria)

Chén Mùshèng

陈木胜

[陳木勝]

Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)

píngdìmù

平地木

[平地木]

(TCM) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica)

Huā Mùlán

花木兰

[花木蘭]

Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature

mùlánshǔ

木兰属

[木蘭屬]

Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs

mùkǎmǔ

木卡姆

[木卡姆]

muqam, any of a set of 12 melody types used in the music of the Uyghurs

ruǎnmùzhuān

软木砖

[軟木磚]

cork tile
cork flooring

sūfāngmù

苏枋木

[蘇枋木]

sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine

Jiāmùsī

佳木斯

[佳木斯]

Kiamusze or Jiamusi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

tōngtuōmù

通脱木

[通脫木]

rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)

Guìmùshǔ

桂木属

[桂木屬]

genus Artocarpus

zhuómùniǎo

啄木鸟

[啄木鳥]

woodpecker

tǔmùshēn

土木身

[土木身]

one's body as wood and earth
undecorated
unvarnished (truth)

Mù Zǐměi

木子美

[木子美]

Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity

Kèlǐmù

克里木

[克里木]

Crimea
the Crimean peninsula

mùbǎnhuà

木版画

[木版畫]

woodcut; wood engraving

mùyúhuā

木鱼花

[木魚花]

see 柴魚片／柴鱼片 (cháiyúpiàn)

fámùchǎng

伐木场

[伐木場]

a logging area

Sàilǐmù Hú

赛里木湖

[賽里木湖]

Sayram Lake in Xinjiang

shǒuzhūyuánmù

守株缘木

[守株緣木]

abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚／守株待兔，缘木求鱼 (shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú)

mùběnzhíwù

木本植物

[木本植物]

woody plant

dùzhòngmùzhé

蠹众木折

[蠹眾木折]

Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)

kūmùféngchūn

枯木逢春

[枯木逢春]

lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
fig. to get a new lease on life
to be revived
(of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve

yúmùnǎodai

榆木脑袋

[榆木腦袋]

(coll.) thickhead
(coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead)

mùyǐchéngzhōu

木已成舟

[木已成舟]

lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
fig. what is done cannot be undone

sānhàomùgān

三号木杆

[三號木桿]

spoon (golf)

lìzhuómùniǎo

栗啄木鸟

[栗啄木鳥]

(bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)

to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave

gāngyìmùnè

刚毅木讷

[剛毅木訥]

resolute and taciturn (idiom)

zhàngtóumù'ǒu

杖头木偶

[杖頭木偶]

zhangtou wooden rod puppetry

táohuāxīnmù

桃花心木

[桃花心木]

mahogany

cǎomùniǎoshòu

草木鸟兽

[草木鳥獸]

flora and fauna

huánghuālímù

黄花梨木

[黃花梨木]

yellow rosewood

Túmùshūkè

图木舒克

[圖木舒克]

Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang

Alāmùtú

阿拉木图

[阿拉木圖]

Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan

Yìng Xiànmùtǎ

应县木塔

[應縣木塔]

the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty)

tǔmùgōngchéng

土木工程

[土木工程]

civil engineering

Mùgǔdūshù

木骨都束

[木骨都束]

Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙

tǔniúmùmǎ

土牛木马

[土牛木馬]

clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
worthless object

yīmùnánzhī

一木难支

[一木難支]

lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
fig. one is helpless alone

mùrénshíxīn

木人石心

[木人石心]

lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom)
fig. heartless

rùmùsānfēn

入木三分

[入木三分]

written in a forceful hand
penetrating
profound

Tǎmùdé Jīng

塔木德经

[塔木德經]

Talmud

yúmùnǎoké

榆木脑壳

[榆木腦殼]

(coll.) a blockhead; a thickhead

mùmǎbìngdú

木马病毒

[木馬病毒]

Trojan horse (type of computer virus)

shāntuímùhuài

山颓木坏

[山頹木壞]

lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
a great sage has died (idiom)

dàxīngtǔmù

大兴土木

[大興土木]

to carry out large scale construction

lèimùxíngxīng

类木行星

[類木行星]

Jovian planet

Nánmùlínxiàn

南木林县

[南木林縣]

Namling county, Tibetan: Rnam gling rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

Wūlǔmùqí

乌鲁木齐

[烏魯木齊]

Ürümqi or Urumqi, prefecture-level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區／新疆维吾尔自治区 ( Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū) in west China

mùnèlǎorén

木讷老人

[木訥老人]

ungraduated ruler
straight edge

tǔmùxínghái

土木形骸

[土木形骸]

earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body

dāiruòmùjī

呆若木鸡

[呆若木雞]

lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

fānmùbiējiǎn

番木鳖碱

[番木鱉鹼]

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

Huò'ěrmùzī

霍尔木兹

[霍爾木茲]

Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf

yíhuājiēmù

移花接木

[移花接木]

lit. to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom)
fig. to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another

Gé'ěrmùshì

格尔木市

[格爾木市]

Golmud or Ge'ermu city (Tibetan: na gor mo grong khyer) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

shānhútáomù

山胡桃木

[山胡桃木]

hickory

Jímùsà'ěr

吉木萨尔

[吉木薩爾]

Jimsar county or Jimisar nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

Jímùnǎixiàn

吉木乃县

[吉木乃縣]

Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區／阿勒泰地区 ( Alètàidìqū), Xinjiang

cǎomùjiēbīng

草木皆兵

[草木皆兵]

lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
to feel beleaguered

Tǎlǐmù Hé

塔里木河

[塔里木河]

Tarim River of Xinjiang

tíxiànmù'ǒu

提线木偶

[提線木偶]

marionette

zhúzhuómùniǎo

竹啄木鸟

[竹啄木鳥]

(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)

luòyèqiáomù

落叶乔木

[落葉喬木]

deciduous tree

mùnèguǎyán

木讷寡言

[木訥寡言]

honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)

mùshǔdiànfěn

木薯淀粉

[木薯澱粉]

tapioca

xuánzhuǎnmùmǎ

旋转木马

[旋轉木馬]

merry-go-round
carousel

mùguǎnyuèqì

木管乐器

[木管樂器]

woodwind instrument

xiǔmùkědiāo

朽木可雕

[朽木可雕]

(idiom) even though a person may have shortcomings, there is still room for improvement

yīhàomùgān

一号木杆

[一號木桿]

driver (golf)

Jiāmùsīshì

佳木斯市

[佳木斯市]

Kiamusze or Jiamusi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

mùnǎiyīhuà

木乃伊化

[木乃伊化]

to mummify
mummification

hóngguànmùchá

红灌木茶

[紅灌木茶]

rooibos tea

Nièlāmùxiàn

聂拉木县

[聶拉木縣]

Nyalam county, Tibetan: Gnya' lam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

yuánmùqiúyú

缘木求鱼

[緣木求魚]

lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible

liángqínzémù

良禽择木

[良禽擇木]

a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity

Tuōmù'ěr Fēng

托木尔峰

[托木爾峰]

Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan

mámùbùrén

麻木不仁

[麻木不仁]

numbed
insensitive
apathetic
thick-skinned

hēizhuómùniǎo

黑啄木鸟

[黑啄木鳥]

(bird species of China) black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

zuānmù-qǔhuǒ

钻木取火

[鑽木取火]

to drill wood to make fire

fámùgōngrén

伐木工人

[伐木工人]

lumberjack
tree cutter

bānjīzhuómùniǎo

斑姬啄木鸟

[斑姬啄木鳥]

(bird species of China) speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus)

xiǔmùbùkědiāo

朽木不可雕

[朽木不可雕]

lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom)
fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

dàbānzhuómùniǎo

大斑啄木鸟

[大斑啄木鳥]

(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Cháidámùpéndì

柴达木盆地

[柴達木盆地]

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

huītóuzhuómùniǎo

灰头啄木鸟

[灰頭啄木鳥]