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角落頭

gok3 lok6*1 tau4*2

corner; nook. | Often heard as /gollok1 tau2/ or /glok1 tau2/ in normal speech. | Mand.: 角落

Note the tone changes of 落1 and 頭2, in written Chinese 落 remains tone 6

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,140

角落頭

角 gok3 luk6 jiao3 jue2 {lu4} - direction; corner; angle
落 lok6 laai6 luo4 le4 luo1 {lao4} {la4} - fall
頭 tau4 tau4*2 tou2 {tou5} - head

This word was added by tym on 20th Jul 2004 and last edited on 24th Aug 2008

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