Chinese words starting with “mu”
30 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable mu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial m · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 1
- 3rd tone 7
- 4th tone 22
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 目前mù qiánHSK 3
at the present time; currently
- 目标mù biāoHSK 3
target; goal; objective
- 母亲mǔ qīnHSK 3
mother; also pr. [mǔ qin]
- 目的mù dìHSK 2
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- 木头mù touHSK 3
slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc)
All 30 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 母 | mǔ | b,g | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 2 | 幕 | mù | q,n | curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) | |
| 3 | 目光 | mù guāng | n | gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision | |
| 4 | 模样 | mú yàng | n | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 5 | 墓 | mù | n | grave; tomb; mausoleum | |
| 6 | 幕后 | mù hòu | s | behind the scenes | |
| 7 | 目的地 | mù dì dì | n | destination (location) | |
| 8 | 目录 | mù lù | n | catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents | |
| 9 | 目睹 | mù dǔ | v | to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes | |
| 10 | 穆斯林 | mù sī lín | nz | Muslim | |
| 11 | 亩 | mǔ | q | classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare | |
| 12 | 木材 | mù cái | n | wood | |
| 13 | 墓地 | mù dì | n | cemetery; graveyard | |
| 14 | 沐浴 | mù yù | v,vn | to take a bath; to bathe; to immerse | |
| 15 | 木板 | mù bǎn | n | slab; board; plank | |
| 16 | 募捐 | mù juān | vn,v | to solicit contributions; to collect donations | |
| 17 | 母女 | mǔ nǚ | n | mother and daughter; mother-daughter | |
| 18 | 母子 | mǔ zǐ | n | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest | |
| 19 | 牧场 | mù chǎng | n | pasture; grazing land; ranch | |
| 20 | 木偶 | mù ǒu | n | puppet | |
| 21 | 母鸡 | mǔ jī | n | hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) | |
| 22 | 墓碑 | mù bēi | n | gravestone; tombstone | |
| 23 | 目瞪口呆 | mù dèng kǒu dāi | l | dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned | |
| 24 | 牡丹 | mǔ dan | n | tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) | |
| 25 | 木匠 | mù jiàng | n | carpenter | |
| 26 | 母语 | mǔ yǔ | n | native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language | |
| 27 | 目不转睛 | mù bù zhuǎn jīng | l | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare | |
| 28 | 牧民 | mù mín | n | herdsman | |
| 29 | 目中无人 | mù zhōng wú rén | v | to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air | |
| 30 | 沐浴露 | mù yù lù | shower gel |
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