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日頭

简日头 · 繁日頭

Mandarin · pinyin rì tóu

sun (dialect)
daytime
date

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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4–2 · ri4 tou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat6 tau2

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

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noun

(literary or dialectal) sun
(dialectal Hakka, Huizhou, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) sunlight
(Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Longyan Min, Teochew, Zhongshan Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, dialectal Wu) daytime
(dialectal) date; day (Classifier: 個／个)
(Hokkien) wedding day (date suggested by the bridegroom's family to the bride's family)

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