English
- fourth earthly branch
- mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
- The fourth of the Earthly Branches. See 天干地支. ----
- 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit
- the fourth Chinese hour, from 5am to 7am
- ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)
- (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆[mao3])
粵語
- 地支嘅第四位，詳情見天干地支。
- 時辰名；朝早五點到七點
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Variants
Words containing 卯
- 榫卯seon2 maau5
mortise and tenon
- 卯時maau5 si4
5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- 點卯dim2 maau5
morning roll call
- 乙卯jyut3 maau5
fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
- 卯兔maau5 tou3
Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
- 卯眼maau5 ngaan5
mortise
- 應卯jing3 maau5
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am
- 丁卯ding1 maau5
fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
- 己卯gei2 maau5
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
- 辛卯san1 maau5
twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071
- 癸卯gwai3 maau5
fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
- 辰時卯時san4 si4 maau5 si4
to have all the times mixed up; at any time
- 卯榫maau5 seon2
mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)
- 卯起來maau5 hei2 loi4
(coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy
- 丁卯戰爭ding1 maau5 zin3 zang1
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
- 寅支卯糧jan4 zi1 maau5 loeng4
see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]
- 丁卯胡亂ding1 maau5 wu4 lyun6
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
- 鑿死卯子zok6 sei2 maau5 zi2
variant of 鑿死鉚子|凿死铆子[zao2 si3 mao3 zi5]
- 寅食卯糧jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4
one's income is not enough for one's expenditure, resulting in an overdraft
- 寅吃卯糧jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4
lit. eating away next year's food in advance
- 子丑寅卯zi2 cau2 jan4 maau5
(idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole story