拳頭

简 拳头 · 繁 拳頭
Mandarin · pinyin quán tou

Meanings

  1. fist
  2. (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
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拳
quán · fist; various forms of boxing
頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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2–5 · quan2 tou5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kyun4 tau4

Cantonese word readings for 拳頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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kyun4 tau4

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noun

  1. fist (Classifier: 隻/只; 雙/双)
  2. (Southern Min) martial art that involves using only one's hands and legs (and not other weapons)

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