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頭髮

简头发 · 繁頭髮

Mandarin · pinyin tóu fa

hair (on the head)

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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2–5 · tou2 fa5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tau4 faat3

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

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noun

hair on the head (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 根 m; 縷／缕 m; 綹／绺 m)

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