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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mō͘-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màomèi → màomei (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄟˋ → ㄇㄠˋ ˙ㄇㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màome̊i
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴-mei⁵
  - Yale: màu-mei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw.mey
  - Palladius: маомэй (maomɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ → /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁶ mui⁶
  - Yale: mouh muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ mui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² muːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (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/

Adjective

冒昧

(humble, of oneself) taking the liberty; bold; presumptious

Synonyms

倉磅 / 仓磅 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
倉莽 / 仓莽 (Xiamen Hokkien)
冒失 (màoshī)
唐突 (tángtū)
愣
莽夫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
莽撞 (mǎngzhuàng)
蠻 / 蛮 (mán) (literary, or in compounds)
魯莽 / 鲁莽 (lǔmǎng)

Derived terms

不揣冒昧 (bùchuǎimàomèi)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
冒	昧

Adjective

冒昧

chữ Hán form of mạo muội (“taking the liberty; bold; presumptious”)