毛 máo in a sentence
Hair (fur - pore - crude - profit - gross)
毛 (máo) means Hair (fur - pore - crude - profit - gross). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个本子三块五 毛 。
Zhège běnzi sān kuài wǔ máo.
This notebook costs three yuan fifty.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 毛
小猫的 毛 又白又软。
Xiǎo māo de máo yòu bái yòu ruǎn.
The kitten's fur is white and soft.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 毛
他用 毛 巾擦了擦汗。
Tā yòng máojīn cā le cā hàn.
He wiped his sweat with a towel.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 擦
请用干 毛 巾擦一擦。
Qǐng yòng gān máojīn cā yi cā.
Please wipe it with a dry towel.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 干
毛 巾挂在卫生间里。
Máojīn guà zài wèishēngjiān lǐ.
The towel is hanging in the bathroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 毛巾
她羽 毛 球打得很好。
Tā yǔmáoqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.
She plays badminton very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 羽毛球
我们下午去打羽 毛 球吧。
Wǒmen xiàwǔ qù dǎ yǔmáoqiú ba.
Let us play badminton this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 羽毛球
Words that contain 毛
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 毛
How is 毛 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 毛 (máo, "Hair (fur - pore - crude - profit - gross)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 毛 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 毛 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 毛 an HSK word?
Yes — 毛 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 毛?
The dictionary page for 毛 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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