Usage of the character 茅
Máo
茅
[茅]
- surname Mao
máo
茅
[茅]
- reeds
- rushes
máopéng
茅棚
[茅棚]
- thatched shed
Máo Dùn
茅盾
[茅盾]
- Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
Sīmáo
思茅
[思茅]
- Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
máokēng
茅坑
[茅坑]
- latrine pit
- latrine
máowū
茅屋
[茅屋]
- thatched cottage
máosi
茅厕
[茅廁]
- (dialect) latrine
máotái
茅台
[茅臺]
- maotai liquor 茅臺酒／茅台酒 (máotáijiǔ)
máofáng
茅房
[茅房]
- toilet (rural euphemism)
- thatched hut or house
máolú
茅庐
[茅廬]
- thatched cottage
Máojiàn
茅箭
[茅箭]
- Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市 ( Shíyànshì), Hubei
xiāngmáo
香茅
[香茅]
- lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
qiánmáo
前茅
[前茅]
- forward patrol (military) (old)
- (fig.) the top ranks
bāomáo
包茅
[包茅]
- bundled thatch
máocǎo
茅草
[茅草]
- sogon grass
báimáo
白茅
[白茅]
- cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
xiānmáo
仙茅
[仙茅]
- golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)
- Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
máoshè
茅舍
[茅舍]
- cottage
- hut
máozhú
茅竹
[茅竹]
- variant of 毛竹 (máozhú)
Máotái
茅台
[茅臺]
- Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
Máo Shān
茅山
[茅山]
- Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容 ( Jùróng), Jiangsu Province
Sīmáoshì
思茅市
[思茅市]
- Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
bámáorú
拔茅茹
[拔茅茹]
- lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
- fig. also involving others
- inextricably tangled together
- Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
máotáijiǔ
茅台酒
[茅臺酒]
- maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
- CL:杯 (bēi),瓶 (píng)
máowūdǐng
茅屋顶
[茅屋頂]
- thatch roof
xiāngmáochún
香茅醇
[香茅醇]
- citronellol (chemistry)
Máo Yǐshēng
茅以升
[茅以升]
- Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
Máojiànqū
茅箭区
[茅箭區]
- Maojian district of Shiyan city 十堰市 ( Shíyànshì), Hubei
Sīmáoqū
思茅区
[思茅區]
- Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市 ( Pǔ'ěrshì), Yunnan
Bó'ēnmáosī
伯恩茅斯
[伯恩茅斯]
- Bournemouth, UK
máosèdùnkāi
茅塞顿开
[茅塞頓開]
- murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
dōngmáocǎogài
东茅草盖
[東茅草蓋]
- thatched roof
Dátèmáosī
达特茅斯
[達特茅斯]
- Dartmouth (place name)
sāngùmáolú
三顾茅庐
[三顧茅廬]
- lit. 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 ( Sānguó Yǎnyì) in which Liu Bei 劉備／刘备 ( Liú Bèi) recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮／诸葛亮 ( Zhūgě Liàng) to his cause by visiting him three times)
- fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
mínglièqiánmáo
名列前茅
[名列前茅]
- to rank among the best
Géléimáosī
格雷茅斯
[格雷茅斯]
- Greymouth, town in New Zealand
- also written 格雷默斯 ( Géléimòsī)
tǔjiēmáowū
土阶茅屋
[土階茅屋]
- lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
- frugal living conditions (idiom)
Pǔlìmáosī
普利茅斯
[普利茅斯]
- Plymouth
chūchūmáolú
初出茅庐
[初出茅廬]
- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
tǔjiēmáocí
土阶茅茨
[土階茅茨]
- lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
- frugal living conditions (idiom)
bámáoliánrú
拔茅连茹
[拔茅連茹]
- lit. 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.
Pǔcìmáosī
朴次茅斯
[樸次茅斯]
- Portsmouth, southern English seaport
máokēnglǐdiǎndēng
茅坑里点灯
[茅坑裡點燈]
- (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 (zhǎosǐ) via its near homophone 照屎 (zhàoshǐ))
Máolìtǎníyà
茅利塔尼亚
[茅利塔尼亞]
- Mauritania (Tw)
Máo Dùn Wénxuéjiǎng
茅盾文学奖
[茅盾文學獎]
- Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
Dátèmáosī Xuéyuàn
达特茅斯学院
[達特茅斯學院]
- Dartmouth College
zhànzhemáokēngbùlāshǐ
占着茅坑不拉屎
[占著茅坑不拉屎]
- lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
- fig. to be a dog in the manger
lābùchūshǐláiyuànmáofáng
拉不出屎来怨茅房
[拉不出屎來怨茅房]
- lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
- fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings