幕

mù

curtain or screen

canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play); old variant of 幕[mu4]; curtain; screen

cloth (巾) + 莫 (phonetic) = hanging curtain or screen

巾 (cloth) is the meaningful heart here — a curtain is simply a hanging cloth, whether over a stage or a tent entrance. 莫 lends the sound mù rather than a semantic idea.

莫+巾→幕
巾ClothSemantic
莫An older character meaning 'no'Phonetic

演出分为三幕,每幕大约三十分钟。

yǎn chū fēn wéi sān mù,měi mù dà yuē sān shí fēn zhōng。

The performance is divided into three acts, each about thirty minutes.

开幕前,工作人员把幕布拉好了。

kāi mù qián,gōng zuò rén yuán bǎ mù bù lā hǎo le。

Before the curtain rose, the staff got the curtain properly drawn.

Words with 幕

幕布

mù bù

(theater) curtain

银幕

yín mù

movie screen

帷幕

wéi mù

heavy curtain

荧幕

yíng mù

TV screen

幕斯

mù sī

mousse (loanword)

绿幕

lǜ mù

green screen

镰仓幕府

lián cāng mù fǔ

Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333

铁幕

tiě mù

Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)

闭幕式

bì mù shì

closing ceremony

闭幕词

bì mù cí

closing speech (at the conclusion of a conference, sports tournament etc)

闭幕

bì mù

the curtain falls

开幕

kāi mù

to open (a conference)

More characters with 莫

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