| 抹 | mǒ | to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc |
| 抹 | mò | to plaster; to go around; to skirt |
| 抹 | mā | wipe |
| 抹杀 | mǒ shā | to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress |
| 涂抹 | tú mǒ | to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate |
| 一笔抹杀 | yī bǐ mǒ shā | to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing |
| 一笔抹煞 | yī bǐ mǒ shā | variant of 一笔抹杀 |
| 哭天抹泪 | kū tiān mǒ lèi | to wail and whine; piteous weeping |
| 宫颈抹片 | gōng jǐng mǒ piàn | cervical smear |
| 往脸上抹黑 | wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēi | to bring shame to; to smear; to disgrace |
| 抹一鼻子灰 | mǒ yī bí zi huī | lit. to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff |
| 抹不下脸 | mǒ bù xià liǎn | to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom) |
| 抹刀 | mǒ dāo | scraper; trowel; putty knife |
| 抹去 | mǒ qù | to erase |
| 抹布 | mǒ bù | cleaning rag; also pr. [ma1 bu4] |
| 抹油 | mǒ yóu | to anoint |
| 抹片 | mǒ piàn | smear (used for medical test) |
| 抹稀泥 | mǒ xī ní | to try to gloss over things (idiom) |
| 抹胸 | mò xiōng | old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen |
| 抹茶 | mǒ chá | green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) |
| 抹香鲸 | mǒ xiāng jīng | sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus); cachalot |
| 抹黑 | mǒ hēi | to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc); to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage); to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) |
| 拐弯抹角 | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush |
| 拭抹 | shì mǒ | to swab; to wipe up with a mop |
| 转弯抹角 | zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo | lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush |
| 转变抹角 | zhuǎn biàn mò jiǎo | lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush |
| 难以抹去 | nán yǐ mǒ qù | hard to erase; ineradicable |
