莫

mò

adverb #2,823

Meanings

1 do not
2 none
3 no one
4 nothing

Characters

do not; none; no one

Examples

莫慌，一切都会好的。

Mò huāng, yīqiè dōu huì hǎo de.

Don't panic, everything will be fine.

一筹莫展。

Yīchóumòzhǎn.

At one's wit's end (unable to think of any solution).

莫名其妙。

Mòmíngqímiào.

Baffling; inexplicable.

Tips

register

莫 is literary/classical Chinese for 'do not'. In modern spoken Chinese, 别 (bié) or 不要 (bùyào) are the everyday equivalents.

usage

莫 appears frequently in idioms (成语) and set phrases like 莫名其妙 and 莫非.

Stroke Order

莫 mò