(mào zi) - hat, cap in Mandarin

màozi

Traditional: 帽子

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Translation

hat, cap

Word origin

Built on 帽 (mào), a phono-semantic compound with the cloth radical 巾 (jīn) marking it as a textile item, plus the noun suffix 子 (zi) forming the everyday word for a hat.

Origin: compound
Root: 帽 (mào, hat) + 子 (zi, noun suffix)

Stroke order

帽

子

Examples

顶dǐng蓝lán。

He is wearing a blue hat.

，。

It is cold, remember to wear a hat.

风fēng。

The wind blew her hat away.

顶dǐng。

This hat suits you very well.

顶dǐng。

I bought a new hat.

帽子 (mào zi) means a hat or cap. The 子 is a toneless noun suffix; hats take the measure word 顶 (dǐng).

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This word is part of lesson 34.