Hanzi

牟

barley/to moo/to seek or obtain/old variant of 侔[mou2]/old variant of 眸[mou2]

Hanzi

Pinyin

móu, mù, mào

Bopomofo

ㄇㄡˊ, ㄇㄨˋ, ㄇㄠˋ

Jyutping

mau4

Example sentences

牟取 móuqǔ
他利用職權牟取私利。
他利用职权牟取私利。

He used his authority to seek personal gain.

暴利 bàolì
一些商人利用災害牟取暴利。
一些商人利用灾害牟取暴利。

Some merchants take advantage of disasters to reap excessive profits.

Example Vocabulary

釋迦牟尼

shi4'jia1'mou2'ni2

中牟縣

牟利

mou2'li4

釋迦牟尼佛

中牟

牟

mou2

牟取

mou2'qu3

to seek (profit); to obtain (often illicitly)

牟定

牟平

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