莫

莫	U+83AB, 莫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83AB

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Translingual

Han character

莫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日大 (TAK), four-corner 4443₀, composition ⿱艹旲 or ⿱䒤大)

Derived characters

嗼, 塻, 嫫, 𡻟, 幙, 慔, 摸, 漠, 獏, 暯, 膜, 模, 氁, 㷬, 𭷱, 𬎇, 𮂓, 瞙, 糢, 𮖪, 縸(𫄲), 蟆, 謨(谟), 貘, 𧷸, 𨢢, 鏌(镆), 𩌧, 饃(馍), 䮬, 𩻁, 𪍤(𬹍), 𠢓, 鄚, 𮍅, 𪅐
寞, 𢊗, 瘼, 𩄻, 鬕, 募, 𠻚, 墓, 𡖶, 𡠜, 幕, 摹, 暮, 㱳, 慕, 𬑤, 蟇, 謩, 驀(蓦), 𡈗

References

KangXi: page 1035, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31078
Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3217, character 15
Unihan data for U+83AB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 莫
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	maː, maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	maː, maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	maːɡ, mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – the sun (日) sinking into the bushes (屮); dusk. Original form of 暮 (OC *maːɡs, “dusk”).

The bottom was later distorted into 大.

Etymology 1

trad.		莫
simp. ^#		莫
alternative forms		𦶛𦱤䒬

From 無 (OC *ma, “there is no”) + distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
(Chengdu, SP): mo²
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): mot⁷
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mo̍k
(Meixian, Guangdong): mog⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): mah⁴
Min Bei (KCR): mŏ̤
Min Dong (BUC): mŏ̤h / mŏk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k / bo̍h
(Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): moq (T5)
Xiang (Wiktionary): mo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mò
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴
  - Yale: mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mo²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mok⁶
  - Yale: mohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mot⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɵt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: mog
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mɔk̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /maʔ²/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mŏ̤h / mŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʔ⁵/, /mouʔ⁵/

Note:

mŏ̤h - vernacular (“don't”);
mŏk - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍h
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boih
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /boʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /boʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /boʔ⁴/

Note:

bo̍k - literary;
bo̍h - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: moq (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 莫
Mandarin	Beijing	/mo⁵¹/
	Harbin	/mɤ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/mo⁵³/
	Jinan	/mə²¹/
	Qingdao	/mə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/mo²¹/
	Xining	/mɔ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/muə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/mo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/mo³¹/
	Guiyang	/mo²¹/
	Kunming	/mo³¹/
	Nanjing	/moʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/mɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/maʔ²/
	Pingyao	/mʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/maʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/moʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/noʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/moʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/mo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/mɔʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/mo¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/mo²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/mo²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɔʔ²/ /mɵʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/mok̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/mok̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɔk̚²/
	Nanning	/mɔk̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/mɔk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/bɔk̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/moʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/mz̩²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/mok̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/vo³³/ 不要 /mo³³/ 姓

Middle Chinese: /mɑk̚/

Rime
Character	莫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤak/
(Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莫	莫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò	mò
Middle Chinese	‹ mak ›	‹ mak ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁak/	/*mˁak/
English	there is no X such that X	deliberate (v.) (loan)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莫
Reading #	1/1
No.	9252
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/
Notes	從日在茻中，暮初文，小徐茻亦聲

Definitions

莫

(literary) none; nothing; not anything
- 子曰：「莫我知也夫！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  子曰：“莫我知也夫！” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zǐ yuē: “Mò wǒ zhī yě fū!” [Pinyin]
  The Master said, "Alas! there is no one that knows me."
- 在天者莫明於日月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  在天者莫明于日月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Zài tiān zhě mò míng yú rì yuè. [Pinyin]
  In the sky, there is nothing brighter than the Sun and the Moon.
(literary or dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min Dong, Xiang) do not; don't; must not
莫做聲！／莫做声！ [dialectal Mandarin] ― Mò zuòshēng! [Pinyin] ― Keep quiet! (literally, “Don't make a sound!”)
莫細膩。／莫细腻。 [Min Dong] ― mŏ̤h-sá̤-nê / [moʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― Don't be too polite. / Make yourself at home.
你莫腿囉。／你莫腿啰。 [Xiang] ― nyi³ mo⁶ tei³ lo [Wiktionary] ― You don't joke.
發生火災莫驚慌／发生火灾莫惊慌 ― fāshēng huǒzāi mò jīnghuāng ― Don't be panicked when conflagration happens
- 莫為盜！莫為殺人！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  莫为盗！莫为杀人！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Mò wéi dào! Mò wéi shārén! [Pinyin]
  Don't steal! Don't kill!
- 人生得意須盡歡，莫使金樽空對月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 752, Li Bai, 《將進酒》
  Rénshēng déyì xū jìn huān, mò shǐ jīnzūn kōng duì yuè. [Pinyin]
  In life, fully enjoy yourself when you are delighted; do not allow an empty goblet to face the moon.
particle indicating a rhetorical question
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		勿, 莫₁, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別, 不要, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Mandarin	Beijing	別, 別價
	Taiwan	別, 不要
	Harbin	別
	Yantai (Muping)	別
	Jinan	別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
	Luoyang	嫑, 甭, 休
	Wanrong	嫑, 不要
	Xi'an	嫑, 不敢
	Lanzhou	不要
	Xining	嫑
	Ürümqi	嫑
	Wuhan	莫₁, 不
	Chengdu	莫₁, 不要, 嫑
	Guiyang	不要
	Guilin	莫₁
	Liuzhou	莫₁, 莫要
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	莫₁
	Xuzhou	嫑, 休
	Yangzhou	莫₁, 不要
	Nanjing	不要
	Hefei	別, 不要
	Malaysia	不要
	Singapore	不要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 咪個, 唔好
	Hong Kong	咪, 唔好, 冇
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	唔好
	Macau	唔要
	Foshan (Shunde)	咪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	咪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔好
	Taishan	唔好
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔好
	Dongguan	咪, 唔好
	Shaoguan	咪
	Yunfu	咪, 唔好
	Yangjiang	莫₁, 無好
	Xinyi	毛
	Lianjiang	冇
	Nanning	冇要
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咪, 唔好
Gan	Nanchang	莫₁
	Lichuan	毋要, 不要
	Pingxiang	不要
Hakka	Meixian	莫₁, 毋愛, 毋好
	Xingning	毋愛
	Huidong (Daling)	毋好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	毋好
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	毋好
	Changting	毋要
	Liancheng	毋要
	Ninghua	毋要
	Yudu	毋要, 毋敢
	Ruijin	毋要
	Shicheng	毋要
	Shangyou (Shexi)	毋要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毋好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毋好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毋好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毋好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋好
	Hong Kong	毋好
	Sabah (Longchuan)	毋愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	毋好
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔愛
Huizhou	Jixi	不要, 嫑
	Shexian	不要, 嫑
	Tunxi	不要, 嫑
Jin	Taiyuan	不要, 不敢
Jin	Xinzhou	不要, 嫑, 播
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Min Bei	Pucheng (Shibei)	伓敢
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伓通, 毋
	Fuqing	伓通
	Matsu	毋
Min Nan	Xiamen	毋通, 毋愛, 莫₂, 𱰠
	Quanzhou	毋通, 毋愛, 甭
	Zhangzhou	毋通, 莫₂, 甭, 𱰠
	Zhao'an	孬
	Taipei	莫₂, 甭 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	莫去
	Kaohsiung	莫₂
	Yilan	毋通, 莫₂
	Changhua (Lukang)	莫₂
	Tainan	莫₂
	Penang (Hokkien)	莫₂, 毋通, 甭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	莫₂, 毋通, 甭
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋通, 甭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	別
	Chaozhou	孬, 莫₂
	Shantou	孬, 莫₂
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	莫₂
	Haifeng	莫₂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
	Penang (Teochew)	莫₂
	Singapore (Teochew)	莫₂, 孬
	Leizhou	無地
	Haikou	無用, 莫₂, 無莫
	Qionghai	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冇要
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 𧟰
	Shanghai (Chongming)	𧟰
	Suzhou	𧟰
	Danyang	弗要, 𫸻
	Hangzhou	嫑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	弗要, 消, 𧟰
	Ningbo	莫, 甮
	Wenzhou	𧟰
	Jinhua	𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang	Changsha	莫₁, 不要
	Loudi	不要, 莫₁
	Shuangfeng	莫₁
	Quanzhou	別
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

Derived terms from 莫

八莫 (Bāmò)
公莫舞
切莫 (qièmò)
悔之莫及 (huǐzhīmòjí)
折莫
敢莫是
杖莫如信
概莫能外 (gàimònéngwài)
沉冤莫白
百思莫解
罪莫大焉
莫三比克 (Mòsānbǐkè)
莫不 (mòbù)
莫不是 (mòbùshì)
莫予毒也 (mòyúdúyě)
莫可奈何
莫名 (mòmíng)
莫名其妙 (mòmíngqímiào)
莫大 (mòdà)
莫如 (mòrú)
莫得
莫怪
莫愁
莫愁湖
莫措手足
莫教
莫敢是
莫斯科 (Mòsīkē)
莫明其妙
莫是
莫曼斯克
莫比
莫知所措
莫耳 (mò'ěr)
莫若 (mòruò)
莫衷一是 (mòzhōngyīshì)
莫衷壹是

莫逆 (mònì)
莫逆之交 (mònìzhījiāo)
莫逆之友
莫逆之契
莫逆交
莫道
莫邪 (Mòyé)
莫非 (mòfēi)
莫高 (Mògāo)
莫高窟 (Mògāokū)
落莫
著莫
遮莫
雌雄莫辨
莫余毒也 (mòyúdúyě)
莫干山 (Mògān Shān)
一籌莫展／一筹莫展 (yīchóumòzhǎn)
兵機莫測／兵机莫测
半籌莫展／半筹莫展
噬臍莫及／噬脐莫及
干將莫邪／干将莫邪 (gānjiāng-mòyé)
廣莫門／广莫门
廣莫風／广莫风
後悔莫及／后悔莫及 (hòuhuǐmòjí)
德音莫違／德音莫违
愛莫之助／爱莫之助
愛莫能助／爱莫能助 (àimònéngzhù)
望塵莫及／望尘莫及 (wàngchénmòjí)
欽佩莫名／钦佩莫名
無適無莫／无适无莫
玄妙莫測／玄妙莫测
百口莫辯／百口莫辩 (bǎikǒumòbiàn)
百喙莫辯／百喙莫辩 (bǎihuìmòbiàn)
百身莫贖／百身莫赎
百辭莫辯／百辞莫辩
相視莫逆／相视莫逆

真偽莫辨／真伪莫辨
眾寡莫敵／众寡莫敌
神機莫測／神机莫测
神祕莫測／神秘莫测
神鬼莫測／神鬼莫测
窮寇莫追／穷寇莫追
舉世莫比／举世莫比
莫之與京／莫之与京 (mòzhīyǔjīng)
莫可名狀／莫可名状
莫報萬一／莫报万一 (mò bào wànyī)
莫展一籌／莫展一筹
莫敢誰何／莫敢谁何 (mògǎn-shuíhé)
莫此為甚／莫此为甚
莫測／莫测 (mòcè)
莫測高深／莫测高深 (mòcègāoshēn)
莫當／莫当 (mòdāng)
莫知所為／莫知所为
莫知所謂／莫知所谓
莫說／莫说
莫辨楮葉／莫辨楮叶
莫過／莫过
莫難道／莫难道
莫須有／莫须有 (mòxūyǒu)
莫顯／莫显
萬夫莫敵／万夫莫敌
萬夫莫當／万夫莫当
諱莫如深／讳莫如深 (huìmòrúshēn)
變化莫測／变化莫测 (biànhuàmòcè)
變幻莫測／变幻莫测 (biànhuànmòcè)
針餌莫減／针饵莫减
錯莫／错莫
門高莫對／门高莫对
鞭長莫及／鞭长莫及 (biānchángmòjí)
高深莫測／高深莫测 (gāoshēnmòcè)
鬼神莫測／鬼神莫测
鬼神莫窺／鬼神莫窥

Etymology 2

trad.		莫
simp. ^#		莫
alternative forms		勿嘜／唛麥／麦賣／卖甭勿嘜／唛麥／麦賣／卖甭 ⿰勿愛

Contraction of 毋愛／毋爱 (m̄-ài).

Pronunciation

Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): mài
(Teochew, Peng'im): mai³

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Penang, Klang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài
  - Tâi-lô: mài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maix
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /mãi²¹/
  - IPA (Penang, Singapore): /mai²¹/
  - IPA (Lukang, Klang): /mãi³¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai²¹³/

Definitions

莫 (Min Nan)

do not; don't; must not
莫摸我！ [Hokkien] ― Mài bong góa! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Don't touch me!
to not want

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		勿, 莫₁, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別, 不要, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Mandarin	Beijing	別, 別價
	Taiwan	別, 不要
	Harbin	別
	Yantai (Muping)	別
	Jinan	別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
	Luoyang	嫑, 甭, 休
	Wanrong	嫑, 不要
	Xi'an	嫑, 不敢
	Lanzhou	不要
	Xining	嫑
	Ürümqi	嫑
	Wuhan	莫₁, 不
	Chengdu	莫₁, 不要, 嫑
	Guiyang	不要
	Guilin	莫₁
	Liuzhou	莫₁, 莫要
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	莫₁
	Xuzhou	嫑, 休
	Yangzhou	莫₁, 不要
	Nanjing	不要
	Hefei	別, 不要
	Malaysia	不要
	Singapore	不要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 咪個, 唔好
	Hong Kong	咪, 唔好, 冇
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	唔好
	Macau	唔要
	Foshan (Shunde)	咪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	咪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔好
	Taishan	唔好
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔好
	Dongguan	咪, 唔好
	Shaoguan	咪
	Yunfu	咪, 唔好
	Yangjiang	莫₁, 無好
	Xinyi	毛
	Lianjiang	冇
	Nanning	冇要
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咪, 唔好
Gan	Nanchang	莫₁
	Lichuan	毋要, 不要
	Pingxiang	不要
Hakka	Meixian	莫₁, 毋愛, 毋好
	Xingning	毋愛
	Huidong (Daling)	毋好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	毋好
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	毋好
	Changting	毋要
	Liancheng	毋要
	Ninghua	毋要
	Yudu	毋要, 毋敢
	Ruijin	毋要
	Shicheng	毋要
	Shangyou (Shexi)	毋要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毋好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毋好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毋好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毋好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋好
	Hong Kong	毋好
	Sabah (Longchuan)	毋愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	毋好
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔愛
Huizhou	Jixi	不要, 嫑
	Shexian	不要, 嫑
	Tunxi	不要, 嫑
Jin	Taiyuan	不要, 不敢
Jin	Xinzhou	不要, 嫑, 播
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Min Bei	Pucheng (Shibei)	伓敢
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伓通, 毋
	Fuqing	伓通
	Matsu	毋
Min Nan	Xiamen	毋通, 毋愛, 莫₂, 𱰠
	Quanzhou	毋通, 毋愛, 甭
	Zhangzhou	毋通, 莫₂, 甭, 𱰠
	Zhao'an	孬
	Taipei	莫₂, 甭 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	莫去
	Kaohsiung	莫₂
	Yilan	毋通, 莫₂
	Changhua (Lukang)	莫₂
	Tainan	莫₂
	Penang (Hokkien)	莫₂, 毋通, 甭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	莫₂, 毋通, 甭
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋通, 甭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	別
	Chaozhou	孬, 莫₂
	Shantou	孬, 莫₂
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	莫₂
	Haifeng	莫₂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
	Penang (Teochew)	莫₂
	Singapore (Teochew)	莫₂, 孬
	Leizhou	無地
	Haikou	無用, 莫₂, 無莫
	Qionghai	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冇要
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 𧟰
	Shanghai (Chongming)	𧟰
	Suzhou	𧟰
	Danyang	弗要, 𫸻
	Hangzhou	嫑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	弗要, 消, 𧟰
	Ningbo	莫, 甮
	Wenzhou	𧟰
	Jinhua	𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang	Changsha	莫₁, 不要
	Loudi	不要, 莫₁
	Shuangfeng	莫₁
	Quanzhou	別
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 3

trad.		莫
simp. ^#		莫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mù (mu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mù
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴
  - Yale: mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh
  - Palladius: му (mu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁶
  - Yale: mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²²/

Definitions

莫

^† Original form of 暮 (mù, “dusk; late”).
- 其莫不冓雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: 合29807
  Qí mù bù gòu yǔ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
- 飲酒之節，朝不廢朝，莫不廢夕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  饮酒之节，朝不废朝，莫不废夕。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Yǐnjiǔ zhī jié, zhāo bù fèi zhāo, mù bù fèi xī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
^† a kind of vegetable
- 彼汾沮洳，言采其莫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bǐ Fén jǔrù, yán cǎi qí mù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Compounds

Derived terms from 莫

莫春

莫景

闇莫／暗莫

References

“莫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

莫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

late
end
not be
must not

Readings

Go-on: も (mo); まく (maku)
Kan-on: ぼ (bo); ばく (baku)
Kun: くれ (kure, 莫れ); ない (nai, 莫い); なかれ (nakare, 莫れ)
Nanori: さだむ (sadamu)

Korean

Hanja

莫 (eumhun 없을 막 (eopseul mak))

Hanja form^? of 막 (“do not, is not, cannot”).

莫 (eumhun 저물 모 (jeomul mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

莫: Hán Việt readings: mạc (末(mạt)各(các)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
莫: Nôm readings: mác[1][2][3][4][5][6], mạc[1][2][5][6], mếch[1]

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References

Nguyễn (2014).
Nguyễn et al. (2009).
Trần (2004).
Hồ (1976).
Génibrel (1898).
Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcndg-1] Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] Trần (2004).

[btcn-4] Hồ (1976).

[genibrel-5] Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-6] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).