布头 (bù tóu) — fabric remnant, leftover piece of cloth (from a bolt)

Definition

Examples

• 这些布头可以用来做小衣服。
  Zhè xiē bù tóu kě yǐ yòng lái zuò xiǎo yī fu.
  These fabric remnants can be used to make small clothes.
• 那块布头是上次买布时剩下的。
  Nà kuài bù tóu shì shàng cì mǎi bù shí shèng xià de.
  That piece of remnant was left over from last time we bought cloth.
• 裁缝师傅把这些布头收集起来卖给了手工店。
  Cái feng shī fu bǎ zhè xiē bù tóu shōu jí qǐ lái mài gěi le shǒu gōng diàn.
  The tailor collected these fabric remnants and sold them to a craft shop.