金毛

Mandarin · pinyin jīn máo

Meanings

  1. blond fur; golden hair
  2. (coll.) golden retriever
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金
jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
毛
máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
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1–2 · jin1 mao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gam1 mou1

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

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noun

  1. blond hair (Classifier: 條/条 m c)
  2. blond; (young) person with blond hair (especially bleached) (Classifier: 個/个 m c)
  3. (~犬, ~尋回犬) Golden Retriever

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