| 冒 | 631C30 41.41 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄇㄠˋ [mao4] | ||
| N. | A surname. | |||||
| V.i. | (1) To risk, brave (danger): 冒生命的危險 risk one's life; 冒風雨 brave winds and rain; 冒死進言 to appeal (to emperor) at the risk of death; 冒嫌疑 risk people's suspicion; 冒大不韙 go in the face of public opinion or statutes. (2) To act under false pretences: 冒名頂替 substitute for another, assuming latter's name; 冒籍考試 assume false district of origin and take civil examinations; 冒領 get pay under another's name; 冒餉 pad payroll of army; 冒認 assume false identity; 冒姓 take false surname. (3) To cover, cap: 下土是冒 (AC) cover this lower earth. (4) To send up, burst: 冒煙 belch smoke; 瞧的我的兩眼冒金星兒 stares at me until stars dance before my eyes; 冒熱氣 do things by spurts and darts. | |||||
| Adj. | Rash, thoughtless, see 冒失 [mao4shi0]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 冒 [mao4du2], v.t., bother: 冒清神 (court.) bother your attention.2. 冒犯 [mao4fan4], v.t., violate openly (statutes, etc.). 3. 冒壞 [mao4huai4], v.t., spoil by bad advice (also 冒壞水兒 [mao4huaishui3er0]). 4. 冒火 [mao4huo3], v.i., get very angry; shoot up flame. 5. 冒兒咕冬 [mao4er0gu1dong1], adj. & adv., rashly (break into room). 6. 冒冒失失 [mao4mao0shi1shi1], adj. & adv., absent-minded, disorderly, reckless, -ly. 7. 冒猛（子） [mao4meng3]([zi0]), adv., suddenly. 8. 冒昧 [mao4mei4], adj., (court.) presumptuous, rash: 冒昧的很 it is very presumptuous of me to. 9. 冒名 [mao4ming2], v.i., take another's name (under false pretense). 10. 冒牌（兒） [mao4pai2] ([mao4pa2er0]), n. & adj., infringe trademark; 冒牌貨 [mao4pai2huo4], imitation or pirated goods under false name; 冒牌醫生 unlicensed doctor. 11. 冒險 [mao4xian3], v.i. & adj., take risks, adventure; adventurous: 冒險精神 adventurous spirit. 12. 冒失 [mao4shi0], adj., rash, thoughtless, scatterbrained: 冒失鬼 (derog.) a madcap. 13. 冒充 [mao4cong1], v.t., pretend to be: 冒充某人 pretend to be Mr. X. 14. 冒嘴兒 [mao4tzueeer0], v.i., (of the sun) begin to show up on the horizon. | |||||