木頭 [－头]

Jyutping muk6 tau4
Pinyin mù tou

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. slow-witted
  2. blockhead
  3. log (of wood, timber etc)
  4. CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    質地​係​樹木​既​物件​（​量​詞​：​嚿​）
    a piece of wooden object
    • 沉船之後，佢攬住嚿木頭浮咗喺海上面三日先至俾人救起。
      沉船之后，佢揽住嚿木头浮咗喺海上面三日先至俾人救起。
      cam4 syun4 zi1 hau6, keoi5 laam2 zyu6 gau6 muk6 tau4 fau4 zo2 hai2 hoi2 soeng6 min6 saam1 jat6 sin1 zi3 bei2 jan4 gau3 hei2.
      After the ship sank, he grasped onto a piece of wood and floated on the sea for three days before he was saved.
  2. 名詞
    形容​遲鈍​，​懵懵​地​既​人
    (figurative) blockhead; fool; thick; dumb
    • 佢乜嘢都唔識做，成嚿木頭噉。
      佢乜嘢都唔识做，成嚿木头噉。
      keoi5 mat1 je5 dou1 m4 sik1 zou6, sing4 gau6 muk6 tau4 gam2.
      He doesn't know how to do anything, he is such a blockhead.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Jin
    wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Jin opera)
    (syn.) 骨鹿子, 梆子
  2. noun
    wood; log; timber (Classifier: 塊／块 m; 根 m)
  3. noun, dialectal, euphemistic
    coffin
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #497
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我的房子是木头做的。
    我的房子是木頭做的。
    wǒ de fáng zi shì mù tou zuò de 。
    • My house is built of wood.
  2. Mandarin
    木头能浮在水面上。
    木頭能浮在水面上。
    mù tou néng fú zài shuǐ miàn shàng 。
    • Wood floats in water.
  3. Mandarin
    木头房子比石头房子更容易烧起来。
    木頭房子比石頭房子更容易燒起來。
    mù tou fáng zi bǐ shí tou fáng zi gèng róng yì shāo qǐ lai 。
    • A house built of wood is more easily burnt than a house of stone.
  4. Mandarin
    他在木头上刻了一个菩萨像。
    他在木頭上刻了一個菩薩像。
    tā zài mù tou shàng kè le yí gè pú sà xiàng 。
    • He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.
  5. Mandarin
    木头容易着火。
    木頭容易着火。
    mù tou róng yì zháo huǒ 。
    • Wood burns easily.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    沉船之后，佢揽住嚿木头浮咗喺海上面三日先至俾人救起。
    沉船之後，佢攬住嚿木頭浮咗喺海上面三日先至俾人救起。
    cam4 syun4 zi1 hau6, keoi5 laam2 zyu6 gau6 muk6 tau4 fau4 zo2 hai2 hoi2 soeng6 min6 saam1 jat6 sin1 zi3 bei2 jan4 gau3 hei2.
    • After the ship sank, he grasped onto a piece of wood and floated on the sea for three days before he was saved.
  2. Cantonese
    佢乜嘢都唔识做，成嚿木头噉。
    佢乜嘢都唔識做，成嚿木頭噉。
    keoi5 mat1 je5 dou1 m4 sik1 zou6, sing4 gau6 muk6 tau4 gam2.
    • He doesn't know how to do anything, he is such a blockhead.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一块木头
    一塊木頭
    yī kuài mù tóu
    • a piece of wood
  2. Mandarin
    木头
    木頭
    mù tou
    • log
  3. Mandarin
    所以好的木头经过一、二十年存放，加上风吹雨打，反倒能让木头碳化效果更佳，……
    所以好的木頭經過一、二十年存放，加上風吹雨打，反倒能讓木頭碳化效果更佳，……
    suǒ yǐ hǎo de mù tóu jīng guò yī ， èr shí nián cún fàng ， jiā shàng fēng chuī yǔ dǎ ， fǎn dào néng ràng mù tóu tàn huà xiào guǒ gèng jiā ， ． ． ． ． ． ．
    • So after good timber is stored for ten to twenty years and battered by the wind and rain, carbonizing it could yield better results instead.