木頭人
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See also: 木头人
Chinese
| wood; log; timber | man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (木頭人) | 木頭 | 人 | |
| simp. (木头人) | 木头 | 人 | |
| Literally: “wood person”. | |||
Etymology
Possibly figurative of one in a trance.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): muk6 tau4 jan4
- Jin (Wiktionary): meh4 tou3 reng1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mùtourén
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùto̊urén
- Wade–Giles: mu4-tʻou5-jên2
- Yale: mù-tou-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.touren
- Palladius: мутоужэнь (mutoužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (木頭人兒 / 木头人儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mùtourénr
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùto̊urénr
- Wade–Giles: mu4-tʻou5-jên2-ʼrh
- Yale: mù-tou-rénr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.tourel
- Palladius: мутоужэньр (mutoužɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mu2 tou2-1 ren2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mutourhen
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu²¹ tʰəu²¹⁻⁵⁵ zən²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: muk6 tau4 jan4
- Yale: muhk tàuh yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: muk9 tau4 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: mug6 teo4 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: meh4 tou3 reng1
- Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /məʔ² tʰəu⁴⁵ ʐəŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
木頭人
- one who stares blankly, in a trance; one who is slow in understanding; blockhead
- (Thailand) person in a vegetative state; human vegetable; cabbage