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Towel in Chinese

towel · HSK 4

毛巾 máo jīn

  1. 毛 máo hair
  2. 巾 jīn towel

Counted with 条: 一条毛巾 yì tiáo máojīn

请给我一条干净的毛巾。 Please give me a clean towel.

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How do you say towel in Chinese?

Towel in Chinese is 毛巾 (máo jīn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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