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Mao
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Appendix:Variations of "mao"
English
<dab!>
Pronunciation
en /maʊ̯/
mou
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav Australia
en aʊ 1
Etymology 1
From en cmn 毛 Máo.
Alternative forms
surname en Mow
Proper noun
en common Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
en https://archive.org/details/assignmentnuclea00aaro/ 1968 Assignment—Nuclear Nude w:Edward S. Aarons w:Fawcett Publications 135 As the revered Mao has said, 'There cannot be two suns in the same sky.'
en 1972 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/09/more-nixon-tapes/303432/ More Nixon White House tapes Nixon Tapes A selection from recordings in the US National Archives National Archives James Warren w:The Atlantic Richard Nixon RN: You think you should not have gone?Tricia Nixon TN: Yeah, I think it was a bad one to do. It was a good idea, but we shouldn't have gone to the University of Maryland … It was the motliest crew you've ever seen.RN: Well, that's my view about going to the universities. Well, I hope it didn't bother you too much.TN: No, it didn't. It was just—I know, I was just embarrassed because the Chinese issued a complaint.RN: A complaint about what?TN: Oh, you know, that they were being rude to the chairman—they were insulting Chairman Mao. There was nothing we could do! It's a free country! https://web.archive.org/web/20260223210035/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/09/more-nixon-tapes/303432/ 23 February 2026
A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
Derived terms
en davemaoite Madame Mao Maoism Maoist Maoize Maolatry Mao Zedong Thought
Translations
Mao: the Chinese surname
Arabic: ar مَاو
Armenian: hy Մաո
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 毛 Máo
Finnish: fi Mao
Georgian: ka მაო
Greek: el Μάο
Hebrew: he מאו
Hindi: hi माओ
Hmong:
White Hmong: mww
Japanese: ja 毛 もう, Mō
Khmer: km ម៉ៅ
Korean: ko ^마오 transliteration, ko ^모(毛) cognate
Lithuanian: lt Mao
Lü: khb
Manchu: mnc
Marathi: mr माओ
Mongolian: mn Мао
Persian: fa مائو mâ'u
Polish: pl Mao m-pr f
Russian: ru Ма́о, ru Ма́у
Thai: th เหมา măo
Tibetan: bo མའོ
Uyghur: ug ماۋ
Vietnamese: vi Mao (vi 毛)
Zhuang: za Mauz
Etymology 2
+ language (Manipur)
en tbq Mao indigenous ethnonym.
Proper noun
A Sino-Tibetan language.
en Emela Sopvoma
Etymology 3
+ languages
en am Mao indigenous ethnonym.
Proper noun
A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
Etymology 4
Named after Mao Zedong, who had a mole on his chin that resembled a labret.
Noun
?
en uncommon en labret
Anagrams
en amo MoA Amo. -oma oma moa Oma MOA Amo AOM AMO
en eponyms
en Card games Cold War Individuals Languages
French
Etymology
fr cmn 毛 Máo.
Proper noun
m
en Mao fr Individuals
Derived terms
fr maoïsme
fr maoïste
German
Etymology
de cmn 毛 Máo.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmaː.o/
de /maʊ̯/ never in isolation, but sometimes when followed by another name
Proper noun
surname
de zh 毛 Máo surname; usually referring to Mao Zedong (in German Mao Tse-tung or rarer Mao Zedong)
Declension
surname
Derived terms
de Maoismus
de Maoist
de maoistisch
Italian
Etymology
it cmn 毛 Máo.
Proper noun
m
en Mao it Individuals
Derived terms
it maoismo
it maoista
Japanese
Romanization
まお
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor cmn:毛<tr:Máo> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
Mao usually refering to Mao Zedong
Derived terms
pt maoísmo maoísta
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :translit cmn:毛<tr:Máo> 1 ++
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maw
en Mao
Derived terms
tl Maoismo
tl Cold War Individuals
Turkish
Etymology
tr :bor cmn:毛<tr:Máo> + 1
Proper noun
en Mao tr Individuals
Derived terms
tr Maocu
tr Maoculuk
en eponyms