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骨頭
简 骨头 · 繁 骨頭Mandarin · pinyin gǔ tou
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3–5 · gu3 tou5
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gwat1 tau4
Cantonese word readings for 骨頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (anatomy) bone
- (figurative) character; personal quality
- (figurative) moral character or backbone; courageous spirit
- (figurative, derogatory, often as a suffix) contemptible or morally corrupt person
- (figurative) hint of sarcasm or dissatisfaction (in one's words)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) the hell (usually in a question in mild disdain)
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