She groped for the light switch in the dark.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
摸黑
to grope about in the dark
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to grope about in the dark
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 摸黑 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 摸黑 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Children don't like to go out in the dark.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 摸黑.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 摸黑.
Directly before
- 她摸黑1
- 喜欢摸黑1
Directly after
- 摸黑摸不到1
- 摸黑外出1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 摸黑
What does 摸黑 mean in Chinese?
摸黑 (mōhēi) means to grope about in the dark.
How do you pronounce 摸黑?
摸黑 is pronounced mōhēi.
Is 摸黑 an HSK word?
摸黑 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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