抹
mǒmòmā HSK7

smear

抹 mǒ frequency
smear verb
to spread or apply a substance onto a surface

她在伤口上抹了一些药膏。

tā zài shāng​kǒu shàng mǒ le yī​xiē yào​gāo.

She applied some ointment to the wound.

wisp measure word
a classifier for thin or fleeting things like wisps of cloud, beams of light, or traces of a smile

天边挂着一抹夕阳。

tiān​biān guà zhe yī mǒ xī​yáng.

There is a streak of sunset in the sky.

wipe verb
to rub a surface for cleaning or to erase and remove markings

他用手抹掉了黑板上的错字。

tā yòng shǒu mǒ diào le hēi​bǎn shàng de cuò​zì.

He wiped the wrong character off the blackboard with his hand.

抹 mò
plaster verb
to apply plaster, mortar, or mud to a surface

他在墙上抹了一层石灰。

tā zài qiáng shàng mò le yī céng shí​huī.

He smeared a layer of lime on the wall.

skirt verb
to move around or pass by the corner or edge of something

汽车抹过转角就看不见了。

qì​chē mò guò zhuǎn​jiǎo jiù kàn bù jiàn le.

The car rounded the corner and disappeared from sight.

抹 mā
wipe verb
to wipe

他正忙着抹桌子。

tā zhèng máng zhe mā zhuō​zi.

He is busy wiping the table.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,087th most common 32.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,030th most common 18.5 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.5 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
20.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62B9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)