| mō | to feel with the hand/to touch/to stroke/to grope/to feel (one's pulse) |
| mó | imitate/copy |
| 摸 | to feel with the hand to touch to stroke |
| 摸不清 | do not understand; not quite sure |
| 摸不着 | unable to clearly understand (a situation etc) |
| 摸不着头脑 | to be unable to make any sense of the matter to be at a loss |
| 摸不着边儿 | [Literal] unable to touch the edge -- cannot understand at all |
| 摸不透 | wonder; be puzzled |
| 摸准 | find out about |
| 摸到门路 | have learned the ways of the trade |
| 摸吧 | touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact) |
| 摸哨 | surprise the enemy's sentry in the dark |
| 摸头 | get to know |
| 摸奖 | Try one's luck at drawing lots. |
| 摸底 | know the real situation; try to find out the real intention |
| 摸彩 | to draw lots raffle lottery |
| 摸排 | thorough search |
| 摸清 | find out |
| 摸清底细 | feel out the situation |
| 摸爬滚打 | to go through arduous training or hard work |
| 摸瞎 | fumble |
| 摸石头过河 | lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones improvise by trial-and-error move cautiously |