冒昧

Chinese

		to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	conceal; dark
simp. and trad. (冒昧)		冒	昧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màomèi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ mui⁶
Min Nan (POJ): mō͘-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: màomèi → màomei (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ → ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄇㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw.mey
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ → /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁶ mui⁶
  - Yale: mouh muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ mui⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² muːy̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-bī
  - Tâi-lô: mōo-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moxbi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃²²⁻²¹ bi²²/

Verb

冒昧

(humble, of oneself) to take the liberty to do something; to make bold; to venture

Derived terms

不揣冒昧 (bùchuǎimàomèi)

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