毛 — meaning in English

English meaning

• hair noun A thin strand that grows from the skin of humans and many animals.
• mao noun A card game (named after Mao Zedong) in which the rules are deliberately kept secret from new players, who must work them out by observation and penalty.

Senses

毛 is used for these senses in English:

• Mao A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
• hair (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
• hair (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

hair — full definition

1. noun A thin strand that grows from the skin of humans and many animals.
2. noun All the hair growing on a person's head, especially considered as a style.
3. noun A very small amount or degree.

mao — full definition

1. noun A card game (named after Mao Zedong) in which the rules are deliberately kept secret from new players, who must work them out by observation and penalty.
2. noun In fairy chess, a piece that moves one square orthogonally then one square diagonally outward, similar to but more restricted than a chess knight.

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