男仔頭

简 男仔头 · 繁 男仔頭
Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaam4 zai2 tau4

Meanings

  1. a tomboy hairstyle; tomboy
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Same syllable, six tones

naamnaam1—naam2—naam3—南naam4south腩naam5brisket婻naam6

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: nan2 zi3 tou2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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naam4 zai2 tau4

Cantonese word readings for 男仔頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. (Cantonese) boy; young male
  2. (Cantonese) tomboy
  3. (Cantonese) short hair (for a girl)

adj

  1. (Cantonese, of a girl) boyish

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Exact source record & identity男仔頭 男仔头 [nan2 zi3 tou2] {naam4 zai2 tau4} /a tomboy hairstyle; tomboy/

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