毛巾

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	towel
simp. and trad. (毛巾)		毛	巾

毛巾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máojīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gan¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô-kîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-kun / mô͘-kin
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máojīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máojin
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-chin¹
    • Yale: máu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maujin
    • Palladius: маоцзинь (maoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gan¹
    • Yale: mòuh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo´ gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kun
    • Tâi-lô: môo-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kwn
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kin
    • Tâi-lô: môo-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mau-cin
    • MiniDict: mau^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

毛巾

1. towel (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

   把毛巾擰乾／把毛巾拧干  ―  bǎ máojīn níng gān  ―  to wring a towel dry

Synonyms

• (hand towel) 手巾 (shǒujīn)
• (bath towel) 浴巾 (yùjīn)

Derived terms

• 毛巾被 (máojīnbèi)
• 沙灘毛巾／沙滩毛巾 (shātān máojīn)