tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门[ya2 men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)
trad. 虎頭牌
Also written 虎頭牌【hǔ tóu pái】
Characters in this word
3虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
牌
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signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]), brand; trademark, mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]), (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- Pinyin
- pái
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3297 of 2500