紋 (man4) — stripe; wrinkle; vein; line; pattern in Cantonese
manˎ₄紋简 纹
Mandarin Pinyin: wen2
Meaning of 紋
nounstripe; wrinkle; vein; line; pattern
Example Sentences with 紋
louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎dikˉ¹的sanˉ¹身soengˍ₆上jauˏ₅有hanˊ²很doˉ¹多haakˉ¹黑zungˉ¹棕sikˉ¹色dikˉ¹的tiuˎ₄條manˎ₄紋
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.
ngoˏ₅我ngaanˏ₅眼meiˏ₅尾jauˏ₅有houˊ²好doˉ¹多tiuˎ₄條jyuˊ²魚meiˏ₅尾manˎ₄紋
I have a lot of crow's feet(wrinkles) at the corner of my eyes.
faai˗₃塊bou˗₃布gaanˉ¹間tiuˎ₄條man4.紋。
The cloth has stripes.
ziˊ²指manˎ₄紋hokˍ₆學houˊ²好naan4.難。
Fingerprint science is very hard.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想hokˍ₆學ziˊ²指manˎ₄紋hok6.學。
I want to learn fingerprint science.
Words Containing 紋
指紋學zi2 man4 hok6
dactylography (study of fingerprinting)
波紋bo1 man4
ripple; corrugation; damask; dimple
有紋有路jau5 man4 jau5 lou6
to make sense; in the right way
扭紋柴nau2 man4 caai4
a child who whines and cries to get what he wants; a whining child
魚尾紋jyu4 mei5 man4
crow's-feet
條紋tiu4 man4
stripe
橫紋刀劈扭紋柴waang4 man5 dou1 pek3 nau2 man4 caai4
two stubborn people being forced together
手紋sau2 man4
handprint
豹紋paau3 man4
leopard stripes; panther print
冇紋冇路mou5 man4 mou5 lou6
to make no sense, incapable of doing something right, on the wrong track
手指紋sau2 zi2 man4
fingerprint; finger-print
橫紋waang4 man4
cross grain
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