麻
木

Numb in Chinese: 麻木 (má mù)

má mù

numb

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1numb
  2. 2insensitive
  3. 3apathetic

Stroke order

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麻
木

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ㄇㄚˊ

má

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ aˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄨˋ

mù

ㄇ/ mㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 天太冷，我的手指冻得麻木了。

    tiān tài lěng， wǒ de shǒu zhǐ dòng dé má mù le。

    It was so cold my fingers went numb.

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Related words

麻

má

variant of 麻

麻烦

má fan

trouble

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

麻痹

má bì

paralysis

麻将

má jiàng

mahjong

麻辣

má là

hot and numbing

麻醉

má zuì

anesthesia

木板

mù bǎn

slab

木材

mù cái

wood

木匠

mù jiàng

carpenter

木偶

mù ǒu

puppet

树木

shù mù

tree

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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