冒
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mào · to risk, to brave, to dare

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HSK 3.0 · Level 6Frequency #2381
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9Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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冂Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 冒

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màoWords pronounced mào
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Example sentences

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Tā de gǎn mào yí dìng shì hǎo le.他的感冒一定是好了。

He must have gotten over his cold.

Source: Tatoeba #351052 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ pà wǒ mào fàn le nǐ.我怕我冒犯了你。

I'm afraid I've offended you.

Source: Tatoeba #835456 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de gǎn mào hěn kuài jiù hǎo le.他的感冒很快就好了。

He is quickly recovering from his cold.

Source: Tatoeba #7483323 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ dé le yì zhǒng kě pà de gǎn mào.我得了一種可怕的感冒。

I've caught a terrible cold.

Source: Tatoeba #835700 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ gǎn mào chuán gěi wǒ le.他把感冒传给我了。

He gave me a cold.

Source: Tatoeba #9958174 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de gǎn mào chuán rǎn le tā .我的感冒传染了他.

I gave my cold to him.

Source: Tatoeba #1423995 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 冒 in context

  1. Say mào, then recall the core meaning: to risk, to brave, to dare.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 感冒 (gǎn mào), meaning “to catch cold”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 冒 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.