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小蘿蔔頭

简小萝卜头 · 繁小蘿蔔頭

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo luó bo tou

(coll.) kid; little tyke

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
萝: luó · type of creeping plant; turnip
卜: bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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3–2–5–5 · xiao3 luo2 bo5 tou5

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siu2 lo4 baak6 tau4

Cantonese word readings for 小蘿蔔頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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