莫 (mok6) — not; don't; unable to in Cantonese
mokˍ₆莫Mandarin Pinyin: mo4
Meaning of 莫
nounnot; don't; unable to
nounnone; no one; nothing
nouncan it be that ...; is it possible that ...
nouna Chinese family name
Example Sentences with 莫
若要人不知除非己莫為
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.
janˎ₄人sangˉ¹生zeoi˗₃最kwan˗₃困jiuˊ²擾ziˉ¹之siˍ₆事mokˍ₆莫gwo˗₃過jyuˉ¹於song˗₃喪satˉ¹失liuˏ₅了janˎ₄人sangˉ¹生mukˍ₆目biuˉ¹標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.
mokˍ₆莫fuˍ₆負gwongˉ¹光jam1.陰。
Don't waste time.
mokˍ₆莫hokˍ₆學fuˎ₄蜉jau4.蝣。
Don't be like a mayfly.
mokˍ₆莫beiˊ²鄙jiˎ₄夷kungˎ₄窮jan4.人。
Don't look down on the poor.
Words Containing 莫
莫財mok6 coi4
to experience bad fortune; to be poor | also 莫水
莫水mok6 seoi2
to experience bad fortune; to be poor | also 莫財
莫名其妙mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6
mysterious; without reason; odd; mystifying; baffling; puzzling; perplexing; unaccountable; strange
莫薑mok6 goeng1
gutless; no guts; chicken
莫耳mok6 ji5
mole (unit)
哀莫大於心死oi1 mok6 daai6 jyu1 sam1 sei2
there is nothing more sorrowful than despair
含冤莫白ham4 jyun1 mok6 baak6
to suffer an injustice
悔之莫及fui3 zi1 mok6 kap6
Repentance comes too late
寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1
prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife
窮寇莫追kung4 kau3 mok6 zeoi1
do not pursue a desperate foe
約莫joek3 mok2
about, around, approximately, roughly
莫須有mok6 seoi1 jau5
feigned; made-up; trumped-up; fictitious
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