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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 冒昧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
冒昧 mào mèi - bold
- presumptuous
- to take the liberty of

List Ranking for: 冒昧

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 7,429 42,461 42,193

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
冒 mào- surname Mao
冒 mào- to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
- to brave; to face
- (bound form) reckless
- to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
- (literary) to cover
冒 mào- old variant of 冒[mao4]
昧 mèi- to conceal
- dark

Other Words Containing 冒昧

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
冒昧 - 7 7,429 42,461 42,193