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馬頭

简马头 · 繁馬頭

Mandarin · pinyin mǎ tou

old variant of 碼頭 mǎ tou

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馬: Look up this written character
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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3–5 · ma3 tou5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maa5 tau2

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

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noun · Etymology 1

(literal) a horse's head
(archaic) the head of a stableboy

noun · Etymology 2

(chiefly Cantonese) horsehead; Branchiostegus auratus or Branchiostegus argentatus

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