长毛

長毛

zhǎngmáo / chángmáo

verb

Meanings

HSK 3

面包放了一个星期，已经长毛了。

Miànbāo fàng le yí ge xīngqī, yǐjing zhǎngmáo le.

The bread has been sitting out for a week and has gone mouldy.

HSK 7-9

刚出生的小仓鼠身上光秃秃的，一个星期左右才开始长毛。

Gāng chūshēng de xiǎo cāngshǔ shēnshang guāngtūtū de, yí ge xīngqī zuǒyòu cái kāishǐ zhǎngmáo.

Newborn hamsters are bare, and only start to grow fur after about a week.

usage

Here 长 is "to grow". Food that has 长毛 has grown a fuzzy mould; the general word for going mouldy is 发霉.

长 cháng

毛 máo