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人頭
简 人头 · 繁 人頭Mandarin · pinyin rén tóu
Meanings
- person
- number of people
- (per) capita
- (a person's) head
- (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
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2–2 · ren2 tou2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jan4 tau4
Cantonese word readings for 人頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- human head
- number of people; headcount (compare Latin per capita)
- (Mainland China) interpersonal relation
- (dialectal Mandarin) — (Taiwan) people who knowingly or unknowingly provide their identity information which is used by someone else for illegal activities
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