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某某 (mǒu mǒu) — (attributive) so-and-so; used as a placeholder for a person's name

Definition

某某 (mǒu mǒu) is a written placeholder for an unnamed person, used in attributive position before a title like 先生 or just alone as 'so-and-so'. Use it in formal writing or when you genuinely don't want to name someone.

adjective
(attributive) so-and-soused as a placeholder for a person's name

Examples

  • 某某。
    mǒu mǒu Xiān sheng lái le.
    Mr. So-and-so has arrived.
  • 某某。
    Zhè shì wǒ men gōng sī de xīn yuán gōng mǒu mǒu.
    This is our company's new employee, So-and-so.
  • 某某。
    Nà jiàn shì shì mǒu mǒu gào sù wǒ de.
    It was So-and-so who told me about that matter.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

某mǒucertain
某mǒucertain

Doubling 某 yields an indefinite placeholder for so-and-so.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape shows 木 (tree) with 甘 (sweet); it was originally the form for a Chinese plum, and later became the form for 某.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape shows 木 (tree) with 甘 (sweet); it was originally the form for a Chinese plum, and later became the form for 某.

Open 某 →
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