自頭

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Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (自頭)		自	頭
simp. (自头)		自	头

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-thâu / chīr-thiô

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxtaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-thiô
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tʰio²⁴/

Adverb

自頭

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) from the start; from the beginning

Synonyms

從頭／从头 (cóngtóu)

Verb

自頭

(Quanzhou Hokkien) to start from oneself (used in mahjong or other games in rolling a die to decide who goes first)

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “自頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“Entry #2814”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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