木頭人

See also: 木头人

Chinese[edit]

Possibly figurative of one in a trance.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùtourén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùto̊urén
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻou⁵-jên²
  - Yale: mù-tou-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.touren
  - Palladius: мутоужэнь (mutoužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (木頭人兒／木头人儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùtourénr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄖㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùto̊urénr
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻou⁵-jên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: mù-tou-rénr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh.tourel
  - Palladius: мутоужэньр (mutoužɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mu² tou^2-1 ren²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mutourhen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹ tʰəu²¹⁻⁵⁵ zən²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ tau⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: muhk tàuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ tau⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ teo⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: meh⁴ tou³ reng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /məʔ² tʰxəu⁴⁵ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/

木頭人

one who stares blankly, in a trance; one who is slow in understanding; blockhead
(Thailand) person in a vegetative state; human vegetable; cabbage