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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
Noun
水頭
- water conservancy head
- flood peak; peak of flow
- (nautical, informal) bosun; boatswain
- (Cantonese) money
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
Noun
水頭
- (Southern Min) water source (of a river, brook, etc.)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) tap; faucet
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
水龍頭 (“tap; faucet”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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水龍頭, 龍頭
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
|
水龍頭
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| Malaysia
|
水龍頭
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| Singapore
|
水龍頭, 水喉
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
|
龍頭
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Wuhan
|
水龍頭, 龍頭
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| Guilin
|
水龍頭
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| Liuzhou
|
水喉
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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水喉, 龍頭, 龍喉
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| Hong Kong
|
水喉, 水龍頭
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| Dongguan
|
水喉
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
水喉
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| Gan
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Nanchang
|
龍頭
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| Lichuan
|
水龍頭
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
水龍頭, 水喉
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
|
水龍頭
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
|
水龍頭
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
|
水龍頭
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
|
水撰頭, 水頭
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| Quanzhou
|
水撰頭, 水頭
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| Zhangzhou
|
水撰頭, 水頭
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| Tainan
|
水道頭 GT
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| Penang (Hokkien)
|
水撰頭, 水撰
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
水龍頭
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| Manila (Hokkien)
|
銅管, 銅管頭
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| Shantou
|
水喉
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| Leizhou
|
水喉
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| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
水龍頭
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
水龍頭, 龍頭
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
龍頭
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| Suzhou
|
龍頭
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| Danyang
|
龍頭
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| Hangzhou
|
龍頭
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| Ningbo
|
龍頭
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| Xiang
|
Loudi
|
龍頭
|
| Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Proper noun
水頭
- (～鎮) Shuitou, Fujian (a town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China)