摸 {mó}

1. to imitate
2. to copy

摸 mo² {mō}

1. to feel with the hand
2. to touch
3. to stroke
4. to grope
5. to steal
6. to abstract

摸吧 mo² baa¹ {mō bā}

touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)

摸彩 mo² coi² {mō cǎi}

1. to draw lots
2. raffle
3. lottery

摸底 mo² dai² {mō dǐ}

1. to have a clear view (of a situation)
2. to fish for information
3. fact-finding

摸黑 mo² hak¹ {mō hēi}

to grope about in the dark

摸魚〔-鱼〕 mo² jyu² {mō yú}

1. to catch fish
2. (fig.) to loaf on the job
3. to be slack
4. to take it easy

摸脈〔-脉〕 mo² mak⁶ {mō mài}

to feel sb's pulse

摸牌 mo² paai² {mō pái}

1. to draw a tile (at mahjong)
2. to play mahjong

摸排 mo² paai⁴ {mō pái}

thorough search

摸索 mo² saak³ {mō suo}

1. to feel about
2. to grope about
3. to fumble
4. to do things slowly

摸象 mo² zoeng⁶ {mō xiàng}

to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)

摸盲盲 mo² maang⁴ maang⁴ {mō máng máng}

a blindfold game, where one person is blindfolded and will try to catch the others

摸門釘〔-门钉〕 mo² mun⁴ deng¹ {mō mén dīng}

(slang) an expression when someone goes to visit their friends but no one is at home or to fail to visit a place because it is closed

摸八圈 mo² baat³ hyun¹ {mō bā quān}

to play mahjong

摸不著〔--着〕 mo² bat¹ zoek⁶ {mō bu zháo}

unable to clearly understand (a situation etc)

摸身摸勢〔---势〕 mo² san¹ mo² sai³ {mō shēn mō shì}

touching of body (spoken)

摸酒杯底 mo² zau² bui¹ dai² {mō jiǔ bēi dǐ}

to have an alcoholic drink

摸爬滾打〔--滚-〕 mo² paa⁴ gwan² daa² {mō pá gǔn dǎ}

to go through arduous training or hard work

摸不着頭腦〔---头脑〕 mo² bat¹ zoek⁶ tau⁴ nou⁵ {mō bù zháo tóu nǎo}

cannot make head or tail of something

摸不著頭腦〔--着头脑〕 mo² bat¹ zoek⁶ tau⁴ nou⁵ {mō bu zháo tóu nǎo}

1. to be unable to make any sense of the matter
2. to be at a loss

摸石頭過河〔--头过-〕 mo² sek⁶ tau⁴ gwo³ ho⁴ {mō shí tou guò hé}

1. lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones
2. improvise by trial-and-error
3. move cautiously

摸著石頭過河〔-着-头过-〕 mo² zoek⁶ sek⁶ tau⁴ gwo³ ho⁴ {mō zhe shí tou guò hé}

1. to wade the river by groping for stones (idiom)
2. to advance step by step
3. to feel one's way around