麻 má
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 麻 — hemp, flax, sesame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
麻木
mámù
numb; insensitive; indifferent
Characters in this word
木 mù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 长期暴露在暴力新闻中，公众可能逐渐变得麻木。 Chángqī bàolù zài bàolì xīnwén zhōng, gōngzhòng kěnéng zhújiàn biàn de mámù. After long exposure to violent news, the public may gradually become numb.
- 站了一晚上，他的脚冻得麻木了。 Zhàn le yì wǎnshang, tā de jiǎo dòng de mámù le. After standing all night, his feet were frozen numb.
- 他对别人的困难表现得很麻木，什么也不关心。 Tā duì biéren de kùnnan biǎoxiàn de hěn mámù, shénme yě bù guānxīn. He is quite indifferent to other people's difficulties and cares about nothing.
Related words
- 麻烦 máfan troublesome; to bother
- 麻 má numb; tingling
- 麻 má hemp; flax
- 麻痹 mábì to paralyse; numb; to lull into carelessness
- 麻将 májiàng mahjong
- 麻辣 málà numbing and spicy
- 麻醉 mázuì to anaesthetise; to numb
- 芝麻 zhīma sesame; trivial matter
- 木头 mùtou wood
- 木材 mùcái timber, wood
- 木匠 mùjiàng carpenter
- 木偶 mù'ǒu puppet