mǎo
卯 (mǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)”.
Meanings
- 1mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
- 24th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit
- 3ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)
- 4(coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆[mao3])
Related words
卯variant of 卯[mao3]卯old variant of 卯[mao3]丁卯fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047丁是丁，卯是卯lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom)乙卯fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035卯兔Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)卯时5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)卯榫mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)卯眼mortise卯起来(coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy寅吃卯粮lit. eating away next year's food in advance己卯sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059