毛巾
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毛巾
Chinese
| hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | towel | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (毛巾) |
毛 | 巾 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mou4 gan1
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-kun / mô͘-kin
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6mau-cin1 / 2mau-ciun1 / 2mau-cin1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: máojīn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: máojin
- Wade–Giles: mao2-chin1
- Yale: máu-jīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maujin
- Palladius: маоцзинь (maoczinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 gan1
- Yale: mòuh gān
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 gan1
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 gen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-kîn
- Hakka Romanization System: moˊ ginˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo1 gin1
- Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: moˋ ginˋ
- Sinological IPA: /mo⁵³ kin⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kun
- Tâi-lô: môo-kun
- Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kwn
- IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kin
- Tâi-lô: môo-kin
- Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kyn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Wu
Note: 2mau-ciun1 (Suzhounese) - older speakers.
Noun
毛巾
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 圍巾 (“scarf; muffler”)