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毛毛

Mandarin · pinyin Máo mao

(pet name for a baby or small child)

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毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse

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2–5 · Mao2 mao5

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noun · Etymology 1

fine hair (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c)
(colloquial, regional) baby (Classifier: 隻／只 x)
(Eastern Min) hair; fur; feather

adj · Etymology 2

uncomfortable and scared

noun · Etymology 3

(Jin) one jiao note; paper bill worth one jiao

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