出頭天

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See also: 出头天

Chinese

		to free oneself; to hold up one's head	day; sky; heaven
trad. (出頭天)		出頭	天
simp. (出头天)		出头	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūtóutiān

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-thèu-thiên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-thâu-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūtóutiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chutóutian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-tʻou²-tʻien¹
  - Yale: chū-tóu-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chutourtian
  - Palladius: чутоутянь (čutoutjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-thèu-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ teu^ˇ tien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ teu² tian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-thâu-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-thâu-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuttau'tvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ³³/

Verb

出頭天

(chiefly Hokkien, Hakka) to have a breakthrough; to get out of a difficult situation and succeed
- 1997, “世界第一等”, in 李安修, 陳富榮 (lyrics), 愛在刻骨銘心時, performed by 劉德華 [Andy Lau]:
  
  人生的環境，乞食嘛會出頭天，莫怨天，莫尤人，命順命歹攏是一生。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  人生的环境，乞食嘛会出头天，莫怨天，莫尤人，命顺命歹拢是一生。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  Jîn-seng ê khoân-kéng, khit-chia̍h mā ē chhut-thâu-thiⁿ, bo̍k oàn-thiⁿ, bo̍k iû-jîn, miā sūn miā bái lóng-sī it-seng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  In life's circumstances, even beggars can break through. Don't blame the heavens; don't accuse others. Good life and bad life, it's all life.

Synonyms

出頭／出头 (chūtóu)

Related terms

出人頭地／出人头地 (chūréntóudì)

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