墨

mò

B1 Level 5
Noun

墨 (mò) is a Chinese word meaning “ink stick”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. surname Mo
  2. abbr. for 墨西哥, Mexico
  3. ink stick
  4. China ink
  5. corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

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Example

寫書法要用墨。

You use ink for calligraphy.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).