毛 (máo) — hair; fur; ten cents.
Real origin: A soft feather: fluffy barbs branch off one curving quill.
Example sentences with 毛:
- 小猫的毛很白。 — Xiǎo māo de máo hěn bái. — The kitten's fur is very white.
- 我只有五毛钱。 — Wǒ zhǐ yǒu wǔ máo qián. — I only have fifty cents.
- 这只狗的毛又长又白，非常可爱。 — Zhè zhī gǒu de máo yòu cháng yòu bái, fēi cháng kě ài. — This dog's fur is long and white; it's so cute.
- 我给了售货员十块钱，她找了我八毛。 — Wǒ gěi le shòu huò yuán shí kuài qián, tā zhǎo le wǒ bā máo. — I gave the shop assistant ten yuan, and she gave me eighty cents in change.
- 春天到了，我家的猫开始掉毛，沙发上到处都是。 — Chūn tiān dào le, wǒ jiā de māo kāi shǐ diào máo, shā fā shang dào chù dōu shì. — Spring is here and our cat has started shedding; there's fur all over the sofa.
- 过去一毛钱能买到的东西，如今恐怕连一块钱都买不到了。 — Guò qù yì máo qián néng mǎi dào de dōng xi, rú jīn kǒng pà lián yí kuài qián dōu mǎi bú dào le. — Things that ten cents used to buy probably can't be had for even one yuan today.
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