先頭

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See also: 先头

Chinese

early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
 head; (noun suffix)
trad. (先頭) 先 頭
simp. (先头) 先 头
anagram 頭先／头先

Pronunciation

Noun

先頭

  1. front; head

Adverb

先頭

  1. previously; before
  2. (Cantonese, Sichuanese, Huicheng dialect) just now
  3. (Wu) originally

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 剛才 (“just now”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 剛才, 才剛, 將才
Taiwan 剛才, 剛剛, 剛
Harbin 才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒
Malaysia 剛才
Singapore 剛才, 剛剛, 剛
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 剛才, 剛剛的
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 才剛, 才剛剛兒
Wanrong 剛剛
Xi'an 剛才
Xining 才才
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 才剛
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 剛才, 才剛
Ürümqi 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭
Wuhan 才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路
Liuzhou 頭先, 啱先
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛
Yangzhou 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛
Hefei 剛才
Cantonese Guangzhou 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先
Hong Kong 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 正就
Macau 頭先
Guangzhou (Panyu) 頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 啱啱
Guangzhou (Conghua) 啱啱
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 頭先
Foshan 剛啱, 舊家
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 舊先
Foshan (Shunde) 頭先
Foshan (Sanshui) 啱啱
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 啱青
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頭先
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 頭先
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 頭先
Zhuhai (Doumen) 頭先
Jiangmen (Baisha) 頭先
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 頭先
Taishan 頭先, 正話
Kaiping (Chikan) 頭先
Enping (Niujiang) 頭先
Heshan (Yayao) 啱啱
Dongguan 蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 頭先
Yangjiang 頭先, 啱先
Nanning 啱先
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 啱啱, 正話
Singapore (Guangfu) 頭先, 啱啱
Gan Nanchang 剛腳, 一腳
Lichuan 剛腳
Hakka Meixian 頭先, 啱先, 啱啱
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 先頭, 頭先
Dongguan (Qingxi) 正先
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 正先
Wuhua (Huacheng) 早先
Wengyuan 頭先
Liannan 正先
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 啱啱
Jiexi 早回
Changting 頭先
Wuping (Yanqian) 頭間
Ninghua 正
Ningdu 當頭
Tonggu (Sandu) 正
Dayu 剛正哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭先, 頭下
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頭先, 頭下
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頭先, 頭下
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頭先, 頭下
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頭先, 頭下
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭先, 頭下
Hong Kong 頭先
Mengshan (Xihe) 啱
Luchuan 啱先
Senai (Huiyang) 正先
Huizhou Jixi 剛才, 剛剛, 剛之
Jin Taiyuan 剛才, 剛剛
Northern Min Jian'ou 頃先, 頃, 頃頃
Eastern Min Fuzhou 頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文
Southern Min Xiamen 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄
Quanzhou 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄
Zhangzhou 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄
Kaohsiung 拄才
Yilan 拄才
Changhua (Lukang) 拄才
Taichung 拄拄仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 拄仔才
Tainan 頭陣仔
Taitung 頭拄仔
Hsinchu 拄仔
Penghu (Magong) 拄才
Penang (Hokkien) 麻汝, 耽仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 麻汝, 頭先, 頭早
Manila (Hokkien) 站仔, 頭站仔
Chaozhou 頭陣, 同早, 同旰
Shantou 剛才
Jieyang 同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 同旰
Singapore (Teochew) 麻汝, 頭先, 同早
Leizhou 當奉囝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早
Wu Shanghai 剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated
Suzhou 剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧
Danyang 剛才, 剛剛
Hangzhou 剛剛
Ningbo 剛剛
Wenzhou 頭前, 頭先, 頭兒
Xiang Changsha 剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛
Loudi 剛剛
Shuangfeng 當好, 才當

Adjective

先頭

  1. advance (troops, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先 頭
せん
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

先(せん)頭(とう) • (sentō) 

  1. head, front, lead, first
    必(かなら)ず先頭(せんとう)が大文字(おおもじ)になる。
    Kanarazu sentō ga ōmoji ni naru.
    The first letter always gets capitalized.

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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