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Simplfied Chinese
木头
Traditional Chinese
木頭
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
mùtóu
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
muk6 tau4
Short definition blockhead
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions log (of wood, timber etc)Cdict iconCantofish iconAdso iconfig. slow-wittedMDBG icon / blockheadMDBG icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: wood
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: wood; timber; log; fig. slow-witted; wooden (headed)
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC:
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: log; wood; timber'
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Sentence examples
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这张( zhè zhāng)
桌子(zhuō zi) desk
(shì) is
木头(mùtóu) blockhead
做的(zuòde)

This table is wooden.

一个(yī gè) a
木头(mùtóu) blockhead
(wǎn) cup

A wooden bowl.

他用(tā yòng) diversion
一块(yī kuài) together
木头(mùtóu) blockhead
刻出( kè chū)
一尊( yī zūn)
佛像(fó xiàng) statue of buddha

He carved a Buddha statue from wood.

木头(mùtóu) blockhead
(néng) may
浮在水面(fú zài shuǐ miàn) natantly
(shàng) upper

Wood floats in water.

木头(mùtóu) blockhead
或许(huò xǔ) perhaps
能在( néng zài)
水里(shuǐ lǐ) Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣南投县Nan2 tou2 xian4, central Taiwan
(dāi) blank
(shàng) upper
十年(shí nián) ten years
但它( dàn tā)
终究(zhōng jiū) eventually
不可能(bù kě néng) not able
变成(biàn chéng) to change into
一条( yī tiáo)
鳄鱼(è yú) alligator

Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.

木头(mùtóu) blockhead
(huìkuài) will
漂浮(piāo fú) showy

Wood floats.

白蚁(bái yǐ) termite
(chī) to eat
木头(mùtóu) blockhead

Termites eat wood.

木头(mùtóu) blockhead
容易(róng yì) easy
着火( huǒ) to burn

Wood burns easily.

(zhè) these
(wán) toy
(jù) tool
是用(shìyòng)
木头(mùtóu) blockhead
做的(zuòde)

This toy is made of wood.

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