| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 毫 |
亠口冖毛 |
háo |
1. fine hair |
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2. writing brush |
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3. (especially in the negative) slightest bit; least amount |
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4. a measure of length, equal to 100 micrometres |
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5. milli- (SI unit prefix) |
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6. a unit of weight equal to one tenth of a cash |
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7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) one tenth of a yuan or dollar; 10 cents; dime |
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九 蚊 九 毫 九 - 9 dollars and 99 cents |
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六 毫 幾 - 60-something cents |
笔 |
⺮毛 |
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1. Variant of 筆 |
尾 |
尸毛 |
wěi, yǐ |
1. tail | |
2. end |
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3. last; final |
耗 |
耒毛 |
hào |
1. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise | |
2. to weaken; to cripple |
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3. to consume; to use up |
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4. (literary, or in compounds) news (chiefly bad news) |
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5. (regional) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate |
| máo |
6. all used up; nothing left |
| mào |
7. dizzy; unconscious |
毛巾 |
毛巾 |
máojīn |
1. n. towel | |
把 毛巾 擰níng 乾gān - to wring a towel dry |
眉毛 |
眉毛 |
méimáo |
1. n. eyebrow | |
2. usage. In Cantonese, it usually refers to the individual hairs on the eyebrow, not the entire eyebrow itself. |
毯 |
毛炎 |
tǎn |
1. rug; carpet; blanket |
毡 |
毛占 |
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1. Variant of 氈 |
蚝 |
虫毛 |
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1. Simplified form of 蠔 | | cì |
2. caterpillars of family Limacodidae (slug moths; cup moths) |
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3. caterpillars of subfamily Arctiinae (tiger moths) |
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4. blister beetle (family Meloidae) |
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5. tiger beetle (subfamily) |
毽 |
毛建 |
jiàn |
1. the shuttlecock used in jianzi sport |
