毛巾

Chinese

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

毛巾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máojīn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mô-kîn

(Hailu, HRS): mo^ˋ gin^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-kun / mô͘-kin
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau-cin

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/
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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kun
  - Tâi-lô: môo-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kwn
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-kin
  - Tâi-lô: môo-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mau-cin
  - MiniDict: mau^去 cin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-jin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

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)

Derived terms

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