牡 (maau5 | mu3) : male of animals

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牡

maau5

mu3

male of animals, birds and plants

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 牛 (#93)

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

牡

This word has been viewed 2839 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Sep 2009 14:48

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牡丹 maau5 daan1 mu3 dan5 = peony; Mudan district of Heze city in Shandong

天竺牡丹 tin1 zuk1 maau5 daan1 tian1 zhu2 mu3 dan1 = dahlia

牡羊座 mau5 joeng4 zo6 mu3 yang2 zuo4 = Aries (incorrectly used instead of 白羊座)

牡丹樓 maau5 daan1 lau4 mu3 dan1 lou2 = McDonald's (restaurant) 粵

牡牛 maau5 ngau4 mu3 niu2 = a bull

牡丹坊 maau5 daan1 fong1 mu3 dan1 fang1 = Peony Lane

牡丹江 maau5 daan1 gong1 mu3 dan1 jiang1 = Mudanjiang (city in Heilongjiang)

牡丹江地區 maau5 daan1 gong1 dei6 keoi1 mu3 dan1 jiang1 di4 qu1 = Mudanjiang district (district in Heilongjiang)

牛嚼牡丹 ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1 = unappreciative of sth worthwhile 粵

牡丹卡 maau5 daan1 kaat1 mu3 dan5 ka3 = Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 牡
Unicode code for this character: U+7261 (off-site link)

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