木頭
See also: 木头
Chinese
| tree; wood | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (木頭) | 木 | 頭 | |
| simp. (木头) | 木 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): muk6 tau4
- Gan (Wiktionary): muh6 teu
- Jin (Wiktionary): meh4 tou3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-thâu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8moq-deu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mùtou
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùto̊u
- Wade–Giles: mu4-tʻou5
- Yale: mù-tou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.tou
- Palladius: мутоу (mutou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: muk6 tau4
- Yale: muhk tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: muk9 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: mug6 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Jin
Note:
- wood;
- wooden clappers.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-thâu
- Tâi-lô: bo̍k-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: bogtaau
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
Noun
木頭
- wood; log; timber (Classifier: 塊/块 m; 根 m)
- Alternative name for 木頭人/木头人 (mùtourén).
- (dialectal, euphemistic) coffin
- (Jin, opera, music) wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Jin opera)
Synonyms
- (wood):
Dialectal synonyms of 木頭 (“wood; log; timber”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 木頭 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 木頭 |
| Taiwan | 木頭 | |
| Singapore | 木頭 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 木頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 木頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 木頭 |
| Wuhan | 木頭 | |
| Guilin | 木頭 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 木頭 |
| Hefei | 木頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 木 |
| Hong Kong | 木 | |
| Yangjiang | 木頭 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 木頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 樹料, 木頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 木頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 柴 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 柴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 柴 |
| Taipei (Wanhua) | 柴 | |
| Kaohsiung | 柴 | |
| Yilan | 柴 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 柴 | |
| Taichung | 柴 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 柴 | |
| Tainan | 柴 | |
| Taitung | 柴 | |
| Hsinchu | 柴 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 柴 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 柴 | |
| Chaozhou | 柴 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 木頭 |
| Wenzhou | 木頭, 樹 log | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 木頭 |
| Shuangfeng | 樹 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 棺材 (“coffin”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Korean: 무투 (mutu, “log, timber”)