幕
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curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 巾 +11
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 幕
- Common rank
- #1,146
- Unicode
- U+5E55
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 幕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幕后黑手 | malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand | |
| 月台幕门 | (railway) platform screen doors; platform-edge doors | |
| 开幕式 | opening ceremony | |
| 开幕词 | opening speech (at a conference) | |
| 内幕交易 | insider trading; insider dealing | |
| 放烟幕弹 | to spread a smokescreen | |
| 拉开序幕 | (fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for | |
| 水幕 | water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected image… | |
| 会幕 | tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent) | |
| 宽银幕电影 | widescreen movie | |
| 开幕 | to open (a conference); to inaugurate | |
| 开闭幕式 | opening and closing ceremonies | |
| 幕后 | behind the scenes | |
| 布幕 | screen (movie theater etc) | |
| 幕布 | (theater) curtain | |
| 黑幕 | hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets | |
| 字幕 | subtitles; captions (of a movie etc) | |
| 多幕剧 | play in several acts; full-length drama | |
| 烟幕弹 | smoke bomb; smoke grenade | |
| 报幕 | announce the items on a (theatrical) program |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 莫 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫 sound part | cannot; do not; is not; negative | |
| 模 | model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate | |
| 膜 | membrane, film; to kneel and worship | |
| 摸 | to caress, to stroke, to gently touch | |
| 墓 | grave, tomb | |
| 漠 | desert; aloof, cool, indifferent | |
| 慕 | to admire, to desire, to long for | |
| 暮 | dusk, evening, sunset; ending | |
| 募 | to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon | |
| 蟆 | frog, toad | |
| 摹 | to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern | |
| 谟 | to scheme, to plan; to practice | |
| 馍 | bread | |
| 寞 | silent, still; lonely, solitary | |
| 蓦 | suddenly, quickly, abruptly | |
| 糢 | rice snacks | |
| 镆 | sword | |
| 嫫 | Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse | |
| 瘼 | sickness; distress |