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饅頭

简馒头 · 繁饅頭

Mandarin · pinyin mán tou

steamed bun

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饅: Look up this written character
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
馒: mán · steamed bread; steamed dumplings
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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2–5 · man2 tou5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maan4 tau4 · maan6 tau4

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

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noun

Chinese steamed bun (without filling); mantou
(Wu) steamed bun with filling; baozi
(archaic) steamed bun (with or without filling)
(figurative, slang) breast; tits

noun

(Hokkien) alternative form of 麵頭 /面头 (miàntóu, “mantou used during the hundredth day commemoration of one's parent's death”)

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