"Mao" meaning in English

See Mao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav , LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav Forms: Mow [alternative]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Mandarin 毛 (Máo). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cmn|毛|tr=Máo}} Mandarin 毛 (Máo) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mao
  1. A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong. Translations (Mao: the Chinese surname): مَاو (māw) (Arabic), Մաո (english: Mao) (Armenian), (Máo) (Chinese Mandarin), Mao (Finnish), მაო (mao) (Georgian), Μάο (Máo) (Greek), מאו (Hebrew), माओ (māo) (Hindi), (Mō) (alt: もう) (Japanese), ម៉ៅ (maw) (Khmer), 마오 (english: Mao) [transliteration] (Korean), (Mo) (english: cognate) (alt: ) (Korean), Mao (Lithuanian), माओ (māo) (Marathi), Мао (english: Mao) (Mongolian), مائو (mâ'u) (Persian), Ма́о (Máo) (Russian), Ма́у (Máu) (Russian), เหมา (măo) (Thai), མའོ (ma'o) (Tibetan), ماۋ (maw) (Uyghur), Mao (alt: ) (Vietnamese), Mauz (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-CZzr5Ssi Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Zhuang translations, Cold War Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Zhuang translations: 45 38 17 Disambiguation of Cold War: 28 15 22 15 20 Disambiguation of 'Mao: the Chinese surname': 78 22
  2. A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules. Derived forms: Madame Mao, Maoism, Maoist, Mao Zedong Thought
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-CrquwUDA Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Zhuang translations, Languages Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 43 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 51 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 31 49 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 41 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 33 46 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 32 47 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 47 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 25 44 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 26 42 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 48 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 25 44 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 27 47 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 32 47 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Zhuang translations: 45 38 17 Disambiguation of Languages: 7 13 40 33 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav , LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology templates: {{wp|Mao language (Manipur)}} Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mao
  1. A Sino-Tibetan language. Synonyms: Emela, Sopvoma
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-zAKylK-v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Card games, Individuals, Languages Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 20 44 14 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 16 20 41 14 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 22 38 15 11 Disambiguation of Card games: 8 34 42 9 6 Disambiguation of Individuals: 8 19 55 9 9 Disambiguation of Languages: 7 13 40 33 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav , LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology templates: {{wp|Mao languages}} Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mao
  1. A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-name-N~M1vIks Categories (other): Languages Disambiguation of Languages: 7 13 40 33 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /maʊ̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mao.wav , LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Mao.wav Forms: Maos [present, singular, third-person], Maoing [participle, present], Maoed [participle, past], Maoed [past], Mow [alternative]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Mandarin 毛 (Máo). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cmn|毛|tr=Máo}} Mandarin 毛 (Máo) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Mao (third-person singular simple present Maos, present participle Maoing, simple past and past participle Maoed)
  1. To kill and dispossess, esp. to kill and dispossess a landlord.
    Sense id: en-Mao-en-verb-yjlCZJvY Categories (other): Terms with Zhuang translations Disambiguation of Terms with Zhuang translations: 45 38 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.