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頭緒

简 头绪 · 繁 頭緒
Mandarin · pinyin tóu xù

Meanings

  1. outline
  2. main threads
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頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
緒
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头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
绪
xù · end of thread; thread, clue
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2–4 · tou2 xu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tau4 seoi5

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

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tau4 seoi5

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. clue; inkling
  2. order; sequence
  3. (literary, figurative) state of mind; thoughts

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