Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
莫 (radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日大 (TAK), four-corner 44430, composition ⿱艹旲 or ⿱䒤大)
Derived characters[edit]
- 嗼, 塻, 嫫, 𡻟, 幙, 慔, 摸, 漠, 獏, 暯, 膜, 模, 氁, 㷬, 𭷱, 𬎇, 𮂓, 瞙, 糢, 𮖪, 縸(𫄲), 蟆, 謨(谟), 貘, 𧷸, 𨢢, 鏌(镆), 𩌧, 饃(馍), 䮬, 𩻁, 𪍤(𬹍), 𠢓, 鄚, 𮍅, 𪅐
- 寞, 𢊗, 瘼, 𩄻, 鬕, 募, 𠻚, 墓, 𡖶, 𡠜, 幕, 摹, 暮, 㱳, 慕, 𬑤, 蟇, 謩, 驀(蓦), 𡈗
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1035, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31078
- Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3217, character 15
- Unihan data for U+83AB
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
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Old Chinese
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蟆
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*mraː
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鬕
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*mraːɡs
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饃
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*maːl
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模
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*maː
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摸
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*maː, *maːɡ
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嫫
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*maː
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謨
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*maː
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膜
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*maː, *maːɡ
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摹
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*maː
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暮
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*maːɡs
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慕
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*maːɡs
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募
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*maːɡs
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墓
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*maːɡs
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慔
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*maːɡs
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莫
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*maːɡ
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寞
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*maːɡ
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漠
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*maːɡ
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幕
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*maːɡ
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鏌
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*maːɡ
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瘼
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*maːɡ
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鄚
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*maːɡ
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瞙
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*maːɡ
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嗼
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*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
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塻
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*maːɡ
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貘
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*mraːɡ
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驀
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*mraːɡ
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Pictogram (象形) – the sun (日) sinking into the bushes (屮); dusk. Original form of 暮 (OC *maːɡs, “dusk”).
The bottom was later distorted into 大.
Etymology 1[edit]
From 無 (OC *ma, “there is no”) + distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation[edit]
Note:
- mŏ̤h - vernacular (“don't”);
- mŏk - literary.
Min Nan
Note:
- bo̍k - literary;
- bo̍h - vernacular.
Wu
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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莫
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莫
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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mò
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mò
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mak ›
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‹ mak ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mˁak/
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/*mˁak/
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English
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there is no X such that X
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deliberate (v.) (loan)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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莫
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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9252
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Phonetic component
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莫
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Rime group
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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莫
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Old Chinese
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/*maːɡ/
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Notes
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從日在茻中,暮初文,小徐茻亦聲
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Definitions[edit]
莫
- † none; nothing; not anything
- (literary or dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min Dong) do not; don't; must not
- 莫細膩。 / 莫细腻。 [Min Dong] ― Mŏ̤h-sá̤-nê / [moʔ⁵⁻²¹ (s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― Don't be too polite. / Make yourself at home.
- particle indicating a rhetorical question
- A surname.
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
別 (“do not”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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別, 不要
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Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
別, 別價
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Taiwan
|
別, 不要
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Harbin
|
別
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Muping
|
別
|
Jinan
|
別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
|
Luoyang
|
嫑, 甭, 休
|
Wanrong
|
嫑, 不要
|
Xi'an
|
嫑, 不敢
|
Lanzhou
|
不要
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Xining
|
嫑
|
Ürümqi
|
嫑
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Wuhan
|
莫1, 不
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Chengdu
|
莫1, 不要, 嫑
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Guiyang
|
不要
|
Guilin
|
莫1
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Liuzhou
|
莫1, 莫要
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Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group)
|
莫1
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Xuzhou
|
嫑, 休
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Yangzhou
|
莫1, 不要
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Nanjing
|
不要
|
Hefei
|
別, 不要
|
Malaysia
|
不要
|
Singapore
|
不要
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
咪, 唔好
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Hong Kong
|
咪, 唔好
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
唔好
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Shunde
|
咪
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
咪
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Doumen
|
唔好
|
Taishan
|
唔好
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Kaiping (Chikan)
|
唔好
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Dongguan
|
咪, 唔好
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Shaoguan
|
咪
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Yunfu
|
咪, 唔好
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Yangjiang
|
莫1, 無好
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Xinyi
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毛
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Lianjiang
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冇
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Nanning
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冇要
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
咪
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
咪, 唔好
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Gan
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Nanchang
|
莫1
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Lichuan
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毋要, 不要
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Pingxiang
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不要
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Hakka
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Meixian
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莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
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Xingning
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毋愛
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Huidong (Daling)
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毋好
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Qujiang
|
毋好
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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毋好
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Changting
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毋要
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Liancheng
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毋要
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Ninghua
|
毋要
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Yudu
|
毋要, 毋敢
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Ruijin
|
毋要
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Shicheng
|
毋要
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Shangyou
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毋要
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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毋好
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Liudui (S. Sixian)
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毋好
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Hsinchu (Hailu)
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毋好
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Dongshi (Dabu)
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毋好
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Hsinchu (Raoping)
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毋好
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Yunlin (Zhao'an)
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毋好
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Hong Kong
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毋好
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Sabah (Longchuan)
|
毋愛
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Senai (Huiyang)
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毋好
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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不要, 嫑
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Shexian
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不要, 嫑
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Tunxi
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不要, 嫑
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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不要, 不敢
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Xinzhou
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不要, 嫑, 播
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Min Bei
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Jian'ou
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伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
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Min Dong
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Fuzhou
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伓通, 毋
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Fuqing
|
伓通
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Matsu
|
毋
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Min Nan
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Xiamen
|
毋通, 毋愛, 莫2
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Quanzhou
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毋通, 毋愛, 甭
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Zhangzhou
|
毋通, 莫2, 甭
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Zhao'an
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孬
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Taipei
|
莫2, 甭 GT
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Kaohsiung
|
莫2
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Tainan
|
莫2
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Lukang
|
莫2
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Sanxia
|
莫去
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Yilan
|
毋通, 莫2
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Penang (Hokkien)
|
莫2, 毋通, 甭
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Singapore (Hokkien)
|
莫2
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
毋通, 甭
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
別
|
Chaozhou
|
孬, 莫2
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Shantou
|
孬, 莫2
|
Chaoyang
|
莫2
|
Haifeng
|
莫2
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
孬
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
莫2, 孬
|
Leizhou
|
無地
|
Haikou
|
無用, 莫2, 無莫
|
Qionghai
|
無用
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
無用
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
冇要
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
勿要, 𧟰
|
Chongming
|
𧟰
|
Suzhou
|
𧟰
|
Hangzhou
|
嫑
|
Danyang
|
弗要, 𫸻
|
Ningbo
|
甮
|
Wenzhou
|
𧟰
|
Jinhua
|
𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
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Xiang
|
Changsha
|
莫1, 不要
|
Shuangfeng
|
莫1
|
Loudi
|
不要, 莫1
|
Quanzhou
|
別
|
Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
|
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction of 毋愛/毋爱 (m̄-ài).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
莫 (Min Nan)
- do not; don't; must not
- 莫摸我! [Hokkien] ― Mài bong góa! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Don't touch me!
- to not want
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
別 (“do not”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
|
勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
別, 不要
|
Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
別, 別價
|
Taiwan
|
別, 不要
|
Harbin
|
別
|
Muping
|
別
|
Jinan
|
別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
|
Luoyang
|
嫑, 甭, 休
|
Wanrong
|
嫑, 不要
|
Xi'an
|
嫑, 不敢
|
Lanzhou
|
不要
|
Xining
|
嫑
|
Ürümqi
|
嫑
|
Wuhan
|
莫1, 不
|
Chengdu
|
莫1, 不要, 嫑
|
Guiyang
|
不要
|
Guilin
|
莫1
|
Liuzhou
|
莫1, 莫要
|
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group)
|
莫1
|
Xuzhou
|
嫑, 休
|
Yangzhou
|
莫1, 不要
|
Nanjing
|
不要
|
Hefei
|
別, 不要
|
Malaysia
|
不要
|
Singapore
|
不要
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
咪, 唔好
|
Hong Kong
|
咪, 唔好
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
唔好
|
Shunde
|
咪
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
咪
|
Doumen
|
唔好
|
Taishan
|
唔好
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
唔好
|
Dongguan
|
咪, 唔好
|
Shaoguan
|
咪
|
Yunfu
|
咪, 唔好
|
Yangjiang
|
莫1, 無好
|
Xinyi
|
毛
|
Lianjiang
|
冇
|
Nanning
|
冇要
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
咪
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
咪, 唔好
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
莫1
|
Lichuan
|
毋要, 不要
|
Pingxiang
|
不要
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
|
Xingning
|
毋愛
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
毋好
|
Qujiang
|
毋好
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
毋好
|
Changting
|
毋要
|
Liancheng
|
毋要
|
Ninghua
|
毋要
|
Yudu
|
毋要, 毋敢
|
Ruijin
|
毋要
|
Shicheng
|
毋要
|
Shangyou
|
毋要
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
毋好
|
Liudui (S. Sixian)
|
毋好
|
Hsinchu (Hailu)
|
毋好
|
Dongshi (Dabu)
|
毋好
|
Hsinchu (Raoping)
|
毋好
|
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
|
毋好
|
Hong Kong
|
毋好
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
毋愛
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
毋好
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
不要, 嫑
|
Shexian
|
不要, 嫑
|
Tunxi
|
不要, 嫑
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
不要, 不敢
|
Xinzhou
|
不要, 嫑, 播
|
Min Bei
|
Jian'ou
|
伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
|
Min Dong
|
Fuzhou
|
伓通, 毋
|
Fuqing
|
伓通
|
Matsu
|
毋
|
Min Nan
|
Xiamen
|
毋通, 毋愛, 莫2
|
Quanzhou
|
毋通, 毋愛, 甭
|
Zhangzhou
|
毋通, 莫2, 甭
|
Zhao'an
|
孬
|
Taipei
|
莫2, 甭 GT
|
Kaohsiung
|
莫2
|
Tainan
|
莫2
|
Lukang
|
莫2
|
Sanxia
|
莫去
|
Yilan
|
毋通, 莫2
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
莫2, 毋通, 甭
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
莫2
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
毋通, 甭
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
別
|
Chaozhou
|
孬, 莫2
|
Shantou
|
孬, 莫2
|
Chaoyang
|
莫2
|
Haifeng
|
莫2
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
孬
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
莫2, 孬
|
Leizhou
|
無地
|
Haikou
|
無用, 莫2, 無莫
|
Qionghai
|
無用
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
無用
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
冇要
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
勿要, 𧟰
|
Chongming
|
𧟰
|
Suzhou
|
𧟰
|
Hangzhou
|
嫑
|
Danyang
|
弗要, 𫸻
|
Ningbo
|
甮
|
Wenzhou
|
𧟰
|
Jinhua
|
𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
莫1, 不要
|
Shuangfeng
|
莫1
|
Loudi
|
不要, 莫1
|
Quanzhou
|
別
|
Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
|
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
莫
- † Original form of 暮 (mù, “dusk; late”).
- † a kind of vegetable
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
Japanese[edit]
莫
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- late
- end
- not be
- must not
Readings[edit]
莫 • (mak, mo) (hangeul 막, 모)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
莫: Hán Việt readings: mạc (末各切)[1][2][3]
莫: Nôm readings: mác[1][2][3][4][5][6], mạc[1][2][5][6], mếch[1]
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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References[edit]