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木頭

简木头 · 繁木頭

Mandarin · pinyin mù tou

wood; log (Classifier: 塊 kuài, 根 gēn)
(fig.) blockhead; dolt

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木: mù · tree; wood, lumber; wooden
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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4–5 · mu4 tou5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

muk6 tau4

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

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noun

wood; log; timber (Classifier: 塊／块 m; 根 m)
(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 木頭人／木头人 (mùtourén).
(dialectal, euphemistic) coffin
(Jin, opera, music) wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Jin opera)

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