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冒昧 (mào mèi): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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冒昧 (mào mèi): Bold (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

冒昧 consists of 2 characters.

to emit, to risk, to counterfeit

dark, obscure, to hide

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 冒昧.

Words with 冒

感冒gǎn màoHSK 3
假冒jiǎ mào
冒充mào chōng
冒犯mào fàn
冒险mào xiǎn

Words with 昧

愚昧yú mèi
暧昧ài mèi

How to Use 冒昧 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 冒昧 with other words naturally.

Idiomwith恕

shù恕

wǒ我

mào冒

mèi昧

formal

forgive my presumption

Adjective + Nounwith举

mào冒

mèi昧

zhī之

jǔ举

Verb + Objectwith打扰

mào冒

mèi昧

dǎ打

rǎo扰

Adverb + Verbwith问

mào冒

mèi昧

de地

wèn问

Example Sentences with 冒昧

wǒ我

mào冒

mèi昧

dì地

wèn问

yī一

xià下

formal

Written

presumptuous act

formal

presume to disturb

formal

ask presumptuously

，

nǐ你

jiào叫

shén什

me么

míng名

zì字

？

May I take the liberty to ask, what is your name?

mào冒

mèi昧

dì地

zhǐ指

chū出

，

nín您

de的

fāng方

àn案

zài在

yù预

suàn算

fāng方

miàn面

cún存

zài在

míng明

xiǎn显

lòu漏

dòng洞

。

Boldly pointing out, your proposal has obvious loopholes in the budget.

wǒ我

zhè这

yàng样

wèn问

kě可

néng能

yǒu有

diǎn点

mào冒

mèi昧

，

dàn但

nín您

duì对

wèi未

lái来

de的

guī规

huà划

shì是

shén什

me么

？

It might be a bit bold of me to ask this, but what are your plans for the future?

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mào冒

mèi昧

dǎ打

rǎo扰

，

qǐng请

wèn问

nín您

yǒu有

shí时

jiān间

ma吗

？

Excuse me for being presumptuous, do you have a moment?

wèi未

jīng经

yǔn允

xǔ许

jiù就

jiè借

yòng用

nín您

de的

shè

tā他

mào冒

mèi昧

dì地

dǎ打

duàn断

le了

huì会

yì议

wǒ我

mào冒

mèi昧

dì地

tí提

gè个

jiàn建

yì议

，

qǐng请

yuán原

liàng谅

wǒ我

de的

mào冒

mèi昧

，

dàn但

wǒ

设

bèi备

，

wǒ我

duì对

cǐ此

shēn深

gǎn感

mào冒

mèi昧

。

I feel deeply presumptuous for borrowing your equipment without permission.

，

tí提

chū出

le了

yí一

gè个

guān关

jiàn键

de的

jì技

shù术

wèn问

tí题

。

He boldly interrupted the meeting to raise a crucial technical issue.

huò

或

xǔ许

wǒ我

men们

kě可

yǐ以

huàn换

gè个

fāng方

shì式

chǔ处

lǐ理

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

。

I venture to make a suggestion, perhaps we could handle this issue in a different way.

我

bì必

xū须

xiàn现

zài在

jiù就

hé和

nǐ你

tán谈

tán谈

zhè这

jiàn件

shì事

。

Please forgive my boldness, but I must talk to you about this matter right now.