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  man4   jyutping
  wen2   pinyin
stripe; wrinkle; vein; line; pattern

noun
Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
紋 / 纹

This word has been viewed 6178 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Mar 2014 13:42

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detail  zau3 man4  zhou4 wen2 = wrinkle
detail  sau2 man4  shou3 wen2 = handprint
detail  man4 lou6   = grain; lines
detail  jyu4 mei5 man4   = crow's-feet
detail  zi2 man4  zhi3 wen2 = fingerprint; finger-print
detail  jau5 tiu4 man4  you3 tiao2 wen2 = striped
detail  bo1 man4  bo1 wen2 = ripple; corrugation; damask; dimple
detail  tiu4 man4  tiao2 wen2 = stripe
detail  man4 san1  wen4 shen1 = [n][v] tattoo
detail  mou5 man4 mou5 lou6   = to make no sense, incapable of doing something right, on the wrong track
detail  zi2 man4 hok6  zhi3 wen2 xue2 = dactylography (study of fingerprinting)
detail  caang4*2 pei4 man4   = cellulite
detail  mou5 man4 lou6   = not proper
detail  jau5 man4 jau5 lou6   = to make sense; in the right way
detail  muk6 man4  mu4 wen2 = wood grain
detail  nau2 man4   = mischievous, weepy
detail  nau2 man4 caai4   = a child who whines and cries to get what he wants; a whining child
detail  lit6 man4  lie4 wen2 = crack, flaw
detail  sau2 zi2 man4  shou3 zhi3 wen2 = fingerprint; finger-print
detail  waang4 man4  heng2 wen2 = cross grain
detail  waang4 man4 gei1  heng2 wen2 ji1 = striated muscle
detail  waang4 man5 dou1 pek3 nau2 man4 caai4   = two stubborn people being forced together
detail  geng2 man4  jing3 wen2 = neck wrinkles
detail  paau3 man4  bao4 wen2 = leopard stripes; panther print
detail  zoeng2 man4 soeng3 seot6   = palmistry
detail  se4 man4 sek6   = [geo.] Serpentine (lit., "snake striped rock")
detail  baak6 man4 ji1 man1  bai2 wen2 yi1 wen2 = asian tiger mosquito; aedes albopictus
detail  jam4 san1 man4  ren2 shen1 wen2 = stretch marks (due to pregnancy)

Showing all 2 examples containing 紋
detail 老虎身上很多棕色條紋
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.
detail 眼尾好多魚尾紋
I have a lot of crow's feet(wrinkles) at the corner of my eyes.

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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