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包頭

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: bao1 tao5
POJ: pau-thâu
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: foreman, labor contractor, turban
包頭

The page lists several unrelated senses (turban/headwrap, headdress, toecap, foreman/contractor, and the proper noun Baotou city) with no dialect labeling to indicate which matches the given reading; the foreman/contractor sense was chosen by analogy with 包工頭.

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