mù

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mu"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• mu — nonstandard

Romanization

mù (mu⁴, Zhuyin ㄇㄨˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 木
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 仫
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 募
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坶
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墓
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幕
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幙
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慕
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暮
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楘
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毣
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沐
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炑
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牛
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牧
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狇
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 目
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睦
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 穆
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縵／缦
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繆／缪
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艅
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苜
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莪
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莯
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚞
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉬／钼
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雮
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霂
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞪
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹜
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒇
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牟

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mũː], [ˈmũ.ũ]

Adjective

mù

1. Lewis, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, and Perthshire form of motha (“bigger”)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 霧 (“fog”, SV: vụ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mu˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mʊw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mʊw˨˩]

Adjective

mù • (瞙, 眓, 𪾤, 𥊦)

1. blind (unable to see)

   Synonyms: đui, khiếm thị

Usage notes

• Mù, in a few contexts, can be considered an offensive term (as compared to a synonym as khiếm thị (“visually impaired”)). Đui is strictly offensive. Chột (“one-eyed”), câm (“mute”) are all offensive, and alternatives such as điếc (“deaf”) and khiếm thính (“hard-of-hearing”) might be preferable in many situations. This is especially so for Điếc (“Deaf”), because many among the Deaf Vietnamese community are reclaiming the term to accurately describe their subcultural-sociolinguistic identity.

See also

• chột
• điếc
• câm

Adjective

mù • (霧, 𩇅, 𩂟)

1. (usually in compounds) blinding

   tối mù

   blindly dark

Derived terms

• hoả mù
• sương mù (“fog”)