木頭公仔

Chinese

		wood; log; timber	doll; cuddly toy; cartoon figure
trad. (木頭公仔)		木頭	公仔
simp. (木头公仔)		木头	公仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùtou gōngzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ tau⁴ gung¹ zai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùtou gōngzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùto̊u gongzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻou⁵ kung¹-tsai³
    • Yale: mù-tou gūng-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.tou gongtzae
    • Palladius: мутоу гунцзай (mutou gunczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ tau⁴ gung¹ zai²
    • Yale: muhk tàuh gūng jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ tau⁴ gung¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ teo⁴ gung¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

木頭公仔

1. (chiefly Cantonese) marionette
2. (Cantonese, figurative) puppet; someone who is manipulated by another

Synonyms

• (marionette): 提線木偶／提线木偶 (tíxiàn mù'ǒu), (Cantonese) 扯線公仔／扯线公仔 (chěxiàn gōngzǎi)
• (puppet): 傀儡 (kuǐlěi), 提線木偶／提线木偶 (tíxiàn mù'ǒu), (chiefly Cantonese) 扯線公仔／扯线公仔