Hanzi

墨

ink stick/China ink/CL:塊|块[kuai4]/corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

mò, mèi

Bopomofo

ㄇㄛˋ, ㄇㄟˋ

Jyutping

mak6

Example sentences

墨 mò
他在研墨準備寫書法。
他在研墨准备写书法。

He is grinding ink, preparing to write calligraphy.

墨水 mòshuǐ
這枝鋼筆沒墨水了。
这枝钢笔没墨水了。

This pen has no ink.

袖 xiù
她的袖子沾到墨水，只好回家換衣服。
她的袖子沾到墨水，只好回家换衣服。

Her sleeve got ink on it, so she had to go home and change clothes.

Example Vocabulary

墨

mo4

ink; black; Mexican

墨家

mo4'jia1

墨跡

mo4'ji4

墨水

mo4'shui3

ink

墨爾本

墨綠色

墨脫

墨西哥

即墨

即墨市

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