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巾幗
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a woman's head covering, a woman's head scarf; a woman (as a metaphor) 鬚眉 is a similar term applying to men.
Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:巾 gan1 - hankerchief, towel幗 gwok3 - a cap worn by women; feminine 2 compounds containing this word:巾幗英雄 - a female hero; a heroine巾幗不讓鬚眉 - womenfolk (巾幗) not conceding to men (鬚眉) |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).