木頭人

See also: 木头人

Chinese

		wood; log; timber	man; person; people
trad. (木頭人)		木頭	人
simp. (木头人)		木头	人
Literally: “wood person”.

Etymology

Possibly figurative of one in a trance.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùtourén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ tau⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùtourén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄖㄣˊ
    • 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 ˙ㄊㄡ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • 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/
• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 木頭人

1. one who stares blankly, in a trance; one who is slow in understanding; blockhead

See also

• 發愣／发愣 (fālèng)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 柴人, 柴頭尪仔／柴头尪仔