长毛

長毛
chángmáo
  1. long-wool (sheep etc)
  2. long-haired (dog etc)

CEDICT

  1. (historical, derogatory) long-haired rebels (referring to Taiping rebels)
  2. (metonymic) Leung Kwok-hung (Hong Kong politician)
  3. (textile) long wool
  4. Leung Kwok-hung (Hong Kong politician)
  5. long hair
  6. long wool
  7. long-haired rebels (referring to Taiping rebels)
  8. to become moldy; to become mildewed
  9. to grow hair

Wiktionary

  1. 毛髮长的。
  2. 清代洪秀全所率领的太平军，因其皆蓄长髮，故称为「长毛」。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

长毛 Chángmáo (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
长毛 zhǎngmáo
  1. to grow hair
  2. to become mildewed

Entry Composition

1 长 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
2 毛 máo
  1. hair
  2. feather
  3. down
  4. wool
  5. mildew
  6. mold
  7. coarse or semifinished
  8. young
  9. raw
  10. careless
  11. unthinking
  12. nervous
  13. scared
  14. (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
  15. classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 jiǎo , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分 fēn)

Containing this entry

长毛绒 chángmáoróng (textiles) plush
长毛象 chángmáoxiàng woolly mammoth
长毛贼 chángmáozéi

Related entries

毵 sān
  1. long-haired
  2. shaggy