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探頭

简探头 · 繁探頭

Mandarin · pinyin tàn tóu

to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc)
probe; sensor

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探: tàn · find, locate; search, grope for
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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4–2 · tan4 tou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

taam3 tau4

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

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verb

(verb-object) to pop one's head in; to crane one's neck

noun

(electronics) probe (on a detector etc.)

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