包頭

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See also: 包头

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

包頭 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
包頭 (Cantonese)
包頭 (Classical)
Pâu-thèu-sṳ (Hakka)
Bău-tàu (Eastern Min)
Pau-thâu-chhī (Southern Min)
包头市 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâu-thèu
Eastern Min (BUC): bău-tàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pau-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): bao¹ tao⁵
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau¹ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baotóu
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: bāu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bautour
  - Palladius: баотоу (baotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāotóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baotóur
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: bāu-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bautourl
  - Palladius: баотоур (baotour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

Note: Erhuayin for “toecap" sense only.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baau¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: bāau tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˊ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pau̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bău-tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: pau-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pau'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bao¹ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pau thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bau¹ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯³³ təu̯¹³/

Etymology 1

		to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Verb

包頭

to wrap one's head (in a turban, etc.)

Derived terms

包頭佬／包头佬 (bāotóulǎo)

See also

纏頭／缠头 (chántóu)

Noun

包頭

headdress
toecap
(Xiang) foreman contracted for a project

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ (buɣutu), from ᠪᠤᠭᠤ (buɣu, “deer”) / буга (buga) + -ᠲᠤ (-tu, “place where ... is”)

Proper noun

包頭

(～市) Baotou (a prefecture-level city, the largest city in Inner Mongolia, in northern China)

Descendants

→ English: Baotou, Pao-t'ou, Paotow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	頭
ほう Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

包(ほう)頭(とう) • (Hōtō)

Baotou (a prefecture-level city, the largest city in Inner Mongolia, in northern China)

Synonyms

パオトウ (Paotō)

Wikious

Boobota

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