| 毛 | máo | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
| Máo | surname Mao | |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why?; for what reason? |
| 要 | yào | important; vital; to want; to ask for; will; going to (as future auxiliary); may; must; (used in a comparison) must be; probably; if |
| yāo | to demand; to request; to coerce | |
| 割 | gē | to cut; to cut apart |
| 地 | dì | earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4] |
| de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | |