毛巾

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	towel
simp. and trad. (毛巾)		毛	巾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): máojīn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): máojǐn
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mô-kîn

(Hailu, HRS): mo^ˋ gin^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-gṳ̆ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-kun / mô͘-kin
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶mau-cin₁ / ²mau-ciun₁ / ²mau-cin₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máojīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máojin
  - Wade–Giles: mao²-chin¹
  - Yale: máu-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maujin
  - Palladius: маоцзинь (maoczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: máojǐn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau²⁴ t͡ɕiẽ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ gan¹
  - Yale: mòuh gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-kîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ gin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˋ gin^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /mo⁵³ kin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-gṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)yŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kun
  - Tâi-lô: môo-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kwn
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kin
  - Tâi-lô: môo-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kyn
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mau-cin₁
  - MiniDict: mau^去 cin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-jin₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²mau-ciun₁
  - MiniDict: mau^平 ciuin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mæ²² t͡ɕyn³³/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ²mau-cin₁
  - MiniDict: mau^平 cin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mæ²² t͡ɕin³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /mɒ¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɔ²² t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Note: ²mau-ciun₁ (Suzhounese) - older speakers.

Noun

毛巾

towel (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
把毛巾擰乾／把毛巾拧干 ― bǎ máojīn níng gān ― to wring a towel dry

Synonyms

(hand towel) 手巾 (shǒujīn)
(bath towel) 浴巾 (yùjīn)
(Singaporean and Malaysian Hokkien) tuala

Dialectal synonyms of 圍巾 (“scarf; muffler”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圍巾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	圍脖兒
	Taiwan	圍巾
	Ulanhot	圍脖
	Tongliao	圍脖
	Chifeng	圍巾
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	圍巾
	Harbin	圍脖兒
	Shenyang	圍脖兒
	Singapore	圍巾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	圍脖, 圍脖子, 圍脖兒, 圍巾
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	圍脖子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	圍脖兒
	Wanrong	圍巾, 圍脖子 long, 頭巾 square
	Zhengzhou	圍脖兒, 圍脖子
	Xi'an	圍巾子, 圍巾兒, 圍脖子
	Xining	圍巾
	Xuzhou	圍脖兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	圍脖子
	Bayanhot	圍巾
	Lanzhou	圍脖子
	Ürümqi	圍脖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	圍巾, 項巾
	Wuhan	圍巾
	Guiyang	圍巾
	Kunming	圍巾
	Guilin	圍巾
	Liuzhou	圍巾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	圍巾
	Yangzhou	圍巾
	Nantong	圍巾
	Hefei	圍領
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頸巾
	Hong Kong	頸巾
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	頸巾
	Foshan	頸巾
	Foshan (Shunde)	頸巾
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	圍巾
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頸巾
	Taishan	頸巾
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頸巾
	Dongguan	頸巾
	Shaoguan	頸巾
	Yunfu	頭巾
	Yangjiang	頸褸, 頸巾
	Xinyi	頸巾
	Lianjiang	頸巾
	Nanning	褸巾, 頭巾, 頸巾
	Wuzhou	褸頭巾, 頸巾
	Yulin	圍巾, 領巾
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	圍巾, 頭巾
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頸巾, 圍巾
Gan	Nanchang	圍領
	Lichuan	圍頸
	Pingxiang	圍巾, 圍頸, 撣巾
Hakka	Meixian	頸圍
	Xingning	圍頸哩, 圍頸帕
	Huidong (Daling)	圍巾
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頸圍, 頸巾
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頸巾
	Changting	頸圍
	Wuping	頸帶
	Wuping (Pingyu)	圍巾
	Liancheng	頸圍
	Ninghua	圍頸, 頸圍
	Yudu	圍巾
	Ruijin	圍頸帕
	Shicheng	圍領
	Shangyou (Shexi)	圍巾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頸圍仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頸圍仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頸圍仔, 頸纏仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頸圍, 圍巾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頸圍仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圍巾, 頸圍
	Hong Kong	頸巾
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	圍巾, 頸巾
Huizhou	Jixi	圍巾
Jin	Taiyuan	圍巾, 圍脖兒, 圍脖
	Xinzhou	圍脖子
	Taibus (Baochang)	毛巾
	Linhe	圍脖子
	Jining	圍巾
	Hohhot	圍脖兒
	Baotou	圍巾
	Dongsheng	圍巾
	Haibowan	圍脖
Northern Min	Jian'ou	圍巾, 領巾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	圍巾, 領巾
Eastern Min	Fuqing	領巾, 圍巾
Southern Min	Xiamen	領巾, 頷巾
	Quanzhou	領巾
	Jinjiang	領巾
	Zhangzhou	領巾, 頷巾
	Taipei	領巾
	Kaohsiung	袚巾
	Yilan	圍巾
	Changhua (Lukang)	袚巾
	Taichung	袚巾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	圍巾
	Tainan	袚巾
	Taitung	袚巾
	Hsinchu	袚巾
	Penghu (Magong)	圍巾
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	圍巾
	Chaozhou	頷盤
	Shantou	頷盤
	Jieyang	頷盤, 頷圍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	圍巾
	Leizhou	褸巾
	Haikou	幔帕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	圍巾, 褸巾
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	圍巾
Wu	Shanghai	圍巾
	Shanghai (Chongming)	圍頸
	Suzhou	圍巾
	Wuxi	圍巾
	Danyang	圍巾
	Hangzhou	圍巾
	Ningbo	圍巾
	Wenzhou	圍巾, 盤巾
	Jinhua	圍巾
Xiang	Changsha	圍巾
	Loudi	圍巾
	Shuangfeng	圍巾
	Quanzhou	圍巾

Derived terms

毛巾被 (máojīnbèi)
沙灘毛巾 / 沙滩毛巾 (shātān máojīn)