摸頭

Chinese

		feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (摸頭)		摸	頭
simp. (摸头)		摸	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mōtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo² tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mōtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: motóu
    • Wade–Giles: mo¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: mwō-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhotour
    • Palladius: мотоу (motou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo² tau⁴
    • Yale: mó tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

摸頭

1. (originally Beijing Mandarin, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to have an idea; to have a clue

Antonyms

• 不摸頭／不摸头 (bù mōtóu)

Derived terms

• 不摸頭／不摸头 (bù mōtóu)