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牡
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Jyutping
mau5
Pinyin
mǔ
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
(of a bird, animal or plant) male/key/hills/bolt of door
牡
[-]
Jyutping
maau5
Pinyin
mǔ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
(of a bird, animal or plant) male
key
hills
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
(of a bird, animal or plant) male/key/hills/bolt of door
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, obsolete
bolt of door
character, obsolete
male genitals
character, obsolete
hill; hump
character
Used in 牡蠣/牡蛎 (mǔlì, “oyster”).
Definitions (Unihan)
male of animals
bolt of door
Cangjie Input
HQG
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #617
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
你能生吃牡蛎吗?
你能生吃牡蠣嗎?
nǐ néng shēng chī mǔ lì ma ?
Can you eat raw oysters?
Mandarin
我后悔吃了那些牡蛎。
我後悔吃了那些牡蠣。
wǒ hòu huǐ chī le nà xiē mǔ lì 。
I regret eating those oysters.
Mandarin
你喜不喜欢牡蛎?
你喜不喜歡牡蠣?
nǐ xǐ bù xǐ huan mǔ lì ?
Do you like oysters?
Mandarin
现在牡蛎当季吗?
現在牡蠣當季嗎?
xiàn zài mǔ lì dāng jì ma ?
Are oysters in season now?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
再谂唔到去边度食,就去牡丹楼㗎喇。
再諗唔到去邊度食,就去牡丹樓㗎喇。
zoi3 nam2 m4 dou2 heoi3 bin1 dou6 sik6, zau6 heoi3 maau5 daan1 lau4 gaa3 laa3.
If we still can't think of where to eat, we'll go with Mickey D's.
Cantonese
饮红酒梗系慢慢叹架啦,点会大杯大杯咁样队,真系牛𡁻牡丹。
飲紅酒梗係慢慢嘆架啦,點會大杯大杯咁樣隊,真係牛𡁻牡丹。
When you taste red wine you should drink and feel slowly, no one would drink the whole glass harshly, it just like a cow eating peony.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Cantonese
呢一碗呢就系阿胶熟地煲牡蛎,滋阴补气,养血固胎嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]呢一碗呢就系阿胶熟地煲牡蛎,滋阴补气,养血固胎嘅。
呢一碗呢就係阿膠熟地煲牡蠣,滋陰補氣,養血固胎嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]呢一碗呢就系阿胶熟地煲牡蛎,滋阴补气,养血固胎嘅。
ni1 jat1 wun2 ne1 zau6 hai6 o1 gaau1 suk6 dei6 bou1 maau5 lai6, zi1 jam1 bou2 hei3, joeng5 hyut3 gu3 toi1 ge3.
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