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码头 mǎtóu

码头 mǎtóu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 码头 mǎtóu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǎtóu | ma3 tou2
English translation
dock
pier
wharf
CL:
>[gè]

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Traditional form

碼頭

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 码头 mǎtóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Shí

Positional decomposition

石马

Number of Strokes

8
tóu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dòu represents the sound. The simplified character tóu was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character tóu .

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⺀大

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 码头 mǎtóu

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我们 wǒmen péi zǒu dào 码头 mǎtóu , jiāng 安顿 ān dùn dào 船上.

We walked her to the wharf and put her aboard the ship.

大哥 dà gē zài 码头 mǎtóu shǎng 工作 gōngzuò , shì gāng 大个儿 dà gè r de .

My brother worked at a harbor as a porter.

设法 shè fǎ Cóng 码头 mǎtóu shǎng shōu piào rén 身边 shēn biān liū 过去 guòqu .

He tried to slip past the ticket collector at the dock.

码头 mǎtóu 停泊 tíngbó 各式各样 gè shì gè yàng de chuán .

There are all kinds of ships in a quay.

xīn 吊胆,直到 zhí dào dào shēng 码头 mǎtóu bèi shuǎi zài 后面 hòumian , cái fàng xià 心来.

He was ill at ease until Dawson's Landing was behind him.

码头 mǎtóu Decomposition

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码头 mǎtóu Compounds

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