HSK · Level 66
75 words
Chinese word
膜
Pronunciation
Pinyinmó
Meaning
- nounfilm
Example
手机屏幕上有一层保护膜。shǒu jī píng mù shàng yǒu yì céng bǎo hù mó
There is a layer of protective film on the phone screen.
More examples
用滤膜可以去除水中的杂质。yòng lǜ mó ké yǐ qù chú shuǐ zhōng de zá zhì
A filter membrane can remove impurities from water.
Core concept
A thin layer that lies over a surface or between living tissues, forming a close boundary or protection.
Common phrases
保护膜bǎo hù mó
protective film
细胞膜xì bāo mó
cell membrane
薄膜báo mó
thin membrane
Similar words
保护膜bǎo hù mó: A thin film attached to an object's surface to protect it from damage or dirt.
薄膜báo mó: A very thin layer of material spread across a surface.
Definition in Chinese
覆盖在表面的一层薄的物质，既可指生物体内部包裹或分隔组织的薄膜，也可指用于保护表面的薄层。fù gài zài biǎo miàn de yì céng báo de wù zhì jì kě zhǐ shēng wù tǐ nèi bù bāo guǒ huò fēn gé zǔ zhī de báo mó yě kě zhǐ yòng yú bǎo hù biǎo miàn de báo céng
Word origin
膜 (mó, "membrane") is a phono-semantic character: 月 (yuè, "flesh") points to bodily tissue, while 莫 (mò, "not") supplies the sound, linking the character to a tissue-covering layer.
Usage tips
- In everyday product talk, Chinese often puts the protected object before 膜 (mó, "membrane"), so compounds built in that order are useful patterns for shopping and phone care.
Other meanings
- membranenoun
Related words
- 基底膜jī dǐ móbasement membranenoun
- 膜状mó zhuàngmembrane-likeadjective
- 覆膜fù mócover with filmverb