máo

毛 (máo) is a Chinese word meaning “hair; feather; down”.

Meanings

  1. 1hair
  2. 2feather
  3. 3down
  4. 4wool
  5. 5mildew
  6. 6mold
  7. 7coarse or semifinished
  8. 8young
  9. 9raw
  10. 10careless
  11. 11unthinking
  12. 12nervous
  13. 13scared
  14. 14(of currency) to devalue or depreciate
  15. 15classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
Part of speech
noun

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