摩 mó
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
摩托车
mótuōchē
motorcycle
Characters in this word
托 tuō
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 乇 to depend on, to entrust with
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 山路太窄，汽车进不去，只能骑摩托车上山。 Shānlù tài zhǎi, qìchē jìn bu qù, zhǐ néng qí mótuōchē shàng shān. The mountain road is too narrow for cars to enter, so people can only ride motorcycles up the mountain.
- 他每天骑摩托车去上班。 Tā měitiān qí mótuōchē qù shàngbān. He rides a motorcycle to work every day.
- 摩托车的声音很大，吵醒了宝宝。 Mótuōchē de shēngyīn hěn dà, chǎo xǐng le bǎobao. The motorcycle was loud and woke the baby.
Related words
- 按摩 ànmó massage; to massage
- 摩擦 mócā friction; rubbing
- 摩托 mótuō motorcycle
- 揣摩 chuǎimó to try to figure out; to ponder carefully
- 观摩 guānmó to observe and study; to watch for learning
- 委托 wěituō to entrust; to ask someone to do something
- 托运 tuōyùn to check luggage
- 拜托 bàituō to ask a favour; please
- 衬托 chèntuō to set off; to serve as a foil
- 烘托 hōngtuō to set off; to highlight; to provide a foil
- 寄托 jìtuō to place hopes on; to entrust; emotional support
- 托 tuō to support; to entrust; to hold up