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[1] hair; fur; feathers; down [2] vegetation [3] ten cents; dime [4] gross; untouched; unpolished [5] panic-stricken; scared; flurried [6] very young; little [7] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 毛 (#82)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 手 |
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毛驢 mou4 leoi4 = donkey 五毛黨 ng5 mou4 dong2 = fifty cents party (persons supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites) 羊毛 joeng4 mou4 = wool 毛巾 mou4 gan1 = towel 毛筆 mou4 bat1 = chinese calligraphy brush 毛蟲 mou4 cung4 = caterpillar 抹手毛巾 maat3 sau2 mou4 gan1 = hand towel; handtowel 狗毛 gau2 mou4 = hair or fur of dog 九牛一毛 gau2 ngau4 jat1 mou4 = a drop in the ocean (lit., "nine cows, one hair") 攣毛 lyun1 mou4*1 = curly hair 粵 胸毛 hung1 mou4 = chest hair 毛毛公仔 mou4 mou4*1/4*2 gung1 zai2 = a wool toy; a plush stuffed toy; a fluffy toy 粵 羽毛球 jyu5 mou4 kau4 = badminton 紅毛丹 hung4 mou4 daan1 = rambutan 軟毛筆 jyun5 mou4 bat1 = felt-tip pen 羽毛 jyu5 mou4 = feather 一毛不拔 jat1 mou4 bat1 bat6 = stingy; parsimonious 毛線 mou4 sin3 = wool 毛線衣 mou4 sin3 ji1 = sweater; jumper 紅毛泥 hung4 mou4 nai4 = cement 粵 毛病 mou4 beng6 = [1] secret illness [2] fault, defect; [3] shortcomings 眉毛 mei4 mou4 = eyebrow 胎毛 toi1 mou4*1 = lanugo; lanugo hair; pappus 雞毛蒜皮 gai1 mou4 syun3 pei4 = trifles 國民生產毛額 gwok3 man4 sang1 caan2 mou4 ngaak6 = gross national product (GNP) 毛織品 mou4 zik1 ban2 = woolen fabric 毛衣 mou4 ji1 = woolen jumper; sweater 毛豆 mou4 dau6*2 = very young and tender soybean. also known as edamame 黃毛丫頭 wong4 mou4*1 aa1 tau4 = silly/witless young girl 鬆毛狗 sung1 mou4 gau2 = shaggy dog 鬆毛 sung1 mou4 = shaggy 毛線衫 mou4 sin3 saam1 = knitted sweater 腳毛 goek3 mou4 = bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti (short for 大腳毛人) 發毛 faat3 mou4*1 = mildewed; mouldy; be scared 毛衫 mou4 saam1 = swaddling clothes 毛瓜 mou4 gwaa1 = fuzzy gourd; fuzzy melon; hairy marrow; hairy cucumber 羽毛筆 jyu5 mou4 bat1 = quill 羽毛管 jyu5 mou4 gun2 = quill 毛毛 mou4 mou4*1 = infant 毛毛雨 mou4 mou4 jyu5 = drizzle, fine rain 打理羽毛 daa2 lei5 jyu5 mou4 = preen 有毛有翼 jau5 mou4 jau5 jik6 = fledge 一毛錢 jat1 mou4 cin4*2 = pennyworth 眼睫毛液 ngaan5 zit3 mou4 jik6 = mascara 紅毛榴蓮 hung4 mou4 lau4 lin2 = soursop 羊毛衫 joeng4 mou4 saam1 = a cardigan, pullover, a woolen sweater 不毛 bat1 mou4 = barren 國 不毛之地 bat1 mou4 zi1 dei6 = barren land; desert 國 不毛的 bat1 mou4 dik1 = arid 國 小毛蟲 siu2 mou4 cung4 = slug 紅毛榴槤 hung4 mou4 lau4 lin2 = soursop 毛鬙鬙 mou4 sang4 sang4 = hairy; downy 粵 毛髮 mou4 faat3 = hair 毛織運動衫 mou4 zik1 wan6 dung6 = jersey 毛皮 mou4 pei4 = pelt 毛氈 mou4 zin1 = felt 毛毯 mou4 taam2 = blanket 毛嗶嘰 mou4 bat1 gei1 = serge 毛刷 mou4 caat3 = brush 白毛皮 baak6 mou4 pei4 = [n] miniver 刷毛 caat3 mou4 = bristle 毛囊 mou4 nong4 = hair follicle 體毛 tai2 mou4 = body hair 吹毛求疵 ceoi1 mou4 kau4 ci1 = split hairs 毛巾店 mou4 gan1 dim3 = a towel shop 羊毛店 joeng4 mou4 dim3 = a woolens shop 毛冷店 mou4 laang5*1 dim3 = a woolens shop 剛毛 gong1 mou4 = bristle 走地黃毛雞 zau2 dei6 wong4 mou4 gai1 = free range chicken 脫毛 tyut3 mou4 = [v] to depilate (lit., "strip of hair") 黃狗毛 wong4 gau2 mou4 = [n] a yellow labrador 汗毛 hon6 mou4 = [n] fine hair on the human body 出毛病 ceot1 mou4 beng6 = be or go out of order 馬海毛 maa5 hoi2 mou4 = mohair 毛玻璃 mou4 bo1 lei4*1 = frosted glass 毛口 mou4 hau2 = [mech.] a burr 毛絲 mou4 si1 = [textile] broken filament 毛竹 mou4 zuk1 = bamboo 牛毛 ngau4 mou4 = ox hair 小毛 siu2 mou4 = short-haired pelt 長毛賊 coeng4 mou4 caak6 = a hippie; troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 膽生毛 daam2 saang1 mou4 = dauntless; audacious (lit., "gall bladder grows hair") 毛手毛腳 mou4 sau2 mou4 goek3 = clumsy, awkward 金毛 gam1 mou4*1 = (a person with) bleached hair 雞毛鴨血 gai1 mou4 aap3 hyut3 = in big trouble, a bad situation 北美毛皮海獅 bak1 mei5 mou4 pei4 hoi2 si1 = Arctocephalus townsendi (southern fur seal) 毛皮海獅 mou4 pei4 hoi2 si1 = Arctocephalus species (southern fur seals) 毛茉莉 mou4 mut6 lei6*2 = Jasminum multiflorum (hairy jasmine) 去毛機 heoi3 mou4 gei1 = de-feathering machine (common formation) 毛茸茸 mou4 jung4 jung4 = hairy; downy 國 蝦毛 haa1 mou4*1 = an unimportant person 毛利 mou4 lei6 = gross profit 千里送鵝毛,禮輕情意重 cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, lai5 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6 = the meaning is more important than the value of the present 千里送鵝毛,物輕情意重 cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, mat6 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6 = the meaning is more important than the value of the present 捲毛狗 gyun2 mou4 gau2 = poodle 識!識你條毛 sik1! sik1 nei5 tiu4 mou4 = I don't know you 粵 毛毛蟲 mou4 mou4 cung4 = caterpillar 狗毛蟲 gau2 mou4 cung4 = caterpillar 粵 毛重 mou4 cung5 = gross weight 茸毛 jung4 mou4 = filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair on a plant 打毛衣 daa2 mou4 ji1 = to knit a sweater 國 毛神神 mou4 san4 san4 = very hairy 粵 毛冷舖 mou4 laang5*1 pou3*2 = a woolens shop 粵 雨毛 jyu5 mou4*1 = drizzle 粵 面毛 min6 mou4*1 = fine facial hair (on women) 粵 毛管 mou4 gun2 = a capillary tube; [粵]: sweat pores 眼眉毛 ngaan5 mei4 mou4 = eyebrow 粵 毛遂自薦 mou4 seoi6 zi6 zin3 = recommend oneself; 毛絲鼠 mou4 si1 syu2 = a chinchilla 毛公仔 mou4 gung1 zai2 = a wool toy; a plush stuffed toy; a fluffy toy 粵 大毛巾 daai6 mou4 gan1 = a bath towel 粵 毛茄 mou4 ke4*2 = okra 毛孔 mou4 hung2 = pores (skin) 毛孔閉塞 mou4 hung2 bai3 sak1 = clogged pores 雞毛掃 gai1 mou4 sou3*2 = feather duster 粵 老毛 lou5 mou4 = lucky money 粵 白毛風 baak6 mou4 fung1 = a blizzard 皮毛 pei4 mou4 = superficial knowledge 揸住雞毛當令箭 zaa1 zyu6 gai1 mou4 dong3 ling6 zin3 = to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; to have no real power; to pretend to be powerful 粵 拿著雞毛當令箭 naa4 zoek6 gai1 mou4 dong3 ling6 zin3 = to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; to have no real power; to pretend to be powerful 國 金毛強 gam1 mou4 koeng4 = a guy with his hair dyed blonde 粵 有頭毛冇人想生鬎鬁 jau5 tau4 mou4 mou5 jan4 soeng2 saang1 laat3 lei1 = given a choice no one would do it this way; have no alternative but to make an unwise decision 粵 飛毛腿 fei1 mou4 teoi2 = to gallop, to run at full speed 睫毛 zit6 mou4 = eyelashes 假眼睫毛 gaa2 ngaan5 zit6 mou4 = false eyelashes 鳳毛麟角 fung6 mou4 leon4 gk3 = sth. that is a rarity; sth. valuable that is hard to come by 松毛 cung4 mou4 = pine needle 粵 鬆毛鬆翼 sung1 mou4 sung1 yik6 = have one's nose in the air; have one's tail up 粵 眼挹毛 ngaan5 jap1 mou4*1 = eyelash 粵 毛管戙 mou4 gun2 dung6 = goosebumps; give one the creeps 粵 毛片 mou4 pin2 = rough cut; skin flick 長毛象 coeng4 mou4 zoeng6 = mammoth, woolly mammoth 毛里裘斯 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 = Mauritius 毛澤東 mou4 zaak6 dung1 = Mao Zedong 陰毛 jam1 mou4 = pubic hair 毛里求斯 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 = Mauritius 毛里塔尼亞 mou4 lei5 taap3 nei4 aa3 = Mauritania 紅毛猩猩 hung4 mou4 sing1 sing1 = orangutan 大腳毛人 daai6 goek3 mou4 jan4 = bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti 紅毛 hung4 mou4*2 = a Brit, Dutchman, or foreigners (slang in coastal provinces) 毛骨悚然 mou4 gwat1 sung2 jin4 = hair-raising; be absolutely terrified 毛澤東主義 mou4 zaak6 dung1 zyu2 ji6 = Maoism 毛澤東思想 mou4 zaak6 dung1 si1 soeng2 = Mao Zedong Thought; Maoism 毛主席 mou4 zyu2 zik6 = Chairman Mao 毛派 mou4 paai3 = Maoist 毛裡塔尼亞 mou4 lei5 taap3 nei4 aa3 = Mauritania 毛裡求斯 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 = Mauritius 毛細管 mou4 sai3 gun2 = [化] capillary (tube) 絨毛 jung4*2 mou4 = [anat.] villus, villi; fur, down (soft fur) 毛里裘斯航空 mou4 lei5 kau4 si1 hong4 hung1 = Air Mauritius 毛相思子 mou4 soeng1 si1 zi2 = Abrus mollis (hairy rosary pea) 毛草龍 mou4 cou2 lung4*2 = Ludwigia octovalis var. sessiflora (primrose willow) 毛象 mou4 zoeng6 = [n] mammoth (lit., "hairy elephant") 脫毛器 tyut3 mou4 hei3 = depilator; hair remover 多毛症 do1 mou4 zing3 = hirsuitism 飛毛腿電池 fei1 mou4 teoi2 din6 ci4 = Scud battery 羽毛未豐 jyu5 mou4 mei6 fung1 = wet behind the ears; young in age and inexperienced 羽毛已豐 jyu5 mou4 ji5 fung1 = mature and experienced; full-fledged 孔雀羽毛式 hung2 zoek3 jyu5 mou4 sik1 = [yoga] Pincha Mayurasana, Peacock Feather 絨毛性腺激素 jung4*2 mou4 sing3 sin3 gik1 sou3 = human chrionic gonodocophin (HCG) (common formation) |
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新澤西州到處都係不毛之地 粵
New Jersey is just barren wasteland. [Lit. New Jersey everywhere also is barren wasteland. Originally the sentence was 死神界到處都是不毛之地, but I gave it a little twist!] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |