鼻頭

简 鼻头 · 繁 鼻頭
Mandarin · pinyin bí tóu

Meanings

  1. tip of the nose
  2. (dialect) nose
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鼻
bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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2–2 · bi2 tou2

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noun

  1. tip of the nose
  2. (colloquial, chiefly Mandarin, Wu, Xiang) nose
  3. (Zhejiang Wu, Loudi Xiang) nasal mucus; snot
  4. (Puxian Min) bridge of the nose
  5. protruding part of an object

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