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山頭

简山头 · 繁山頭

Mandarin · pinyin shān tóu

mountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold
(fig.) clique; power base

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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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1–2 · shan1 tou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saan1 tau4

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

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noun

hilltop; mountain top
mountain stronghold; faction
gable
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) place in the remote mountains
(Taiwanese Hokkien) location of the burial (during a funeral)

name

(～社區, formerly ～村) Shantou (a residential community in Dadeng, Xiang'an district, Xiamen, Fujian, China, formerly a village)

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