冒昧

Chinese

		to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	conceal; dark
simp. and trad. (冒昧)		冒	昧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màomèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ mui⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mō͘-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màomèi → màomei (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ → ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄇㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màome̊i
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-mei⁵
    • Yale: màu-mei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw.mey
    • Palladius: маомэй (maomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ → /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ mui⁶
    • Yale: mouh muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² muːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-bī
    • Tâi-lô: mōo-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moxbi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃²²⁻²¹ bi²²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 冒昧

1. (humble, of oneself) taking the liberty; bold; presumptious

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

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• 倉磅／仓磅 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 倉莽／仓莽 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 冒失 (màoshī)
• 唐突 (tángtū)
• 愣
• 莽夫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 莽撞 (mǎngzhuàng)
• 蠻／蛮 (mán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 魯莽／鲁莽 (lǔmǎng)