頭頭
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Chinese
| head; (noun suffix) | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (頭頭) | 頭 | 頭 | |
| simp. (头头) | 头 | 头 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tau4 tau4-2
- Eastern Min (BUC): tàu-*tàu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6deu-deu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóuto̊u
- Wade–Giles: tʻou2-tʻou5
- Yale: tóu-tou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour.tou
- Palladius: тоутоу (toutou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (頭頭兒／头头儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóuto̊ur
- Wade–Giles: tʻou2-tʻou5-ʼrh
- Yale: tóu-tour
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour.toul
- Palladius: тоутоур (toutour)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau4 tau4-2
- Yale: tàuh táu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 tau4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: teo4 teo4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu-*tàu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰau⁵³⁻³³ tʰau⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Wu
Noun
頭頭
- (colloquial) head; chief; boss
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóutóu
- Wade–Giles: tʻou2-tʻou2
- Yale: tóu-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtour
- Palladius: тоутоу (toutou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau4 tau4
- Yale: tàuh tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: teo4 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Determiner
頭頭
Pronoun
頭頭
- each item; every item
- everywhere
Derived terms
Pronunciation 3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tau4 tau4-2
- Eastern Min (BUC): tàu-tàu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-thâu
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau4 tau4-2
- Yale: tàuh táu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 tau4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: teo4 teo4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu-tàu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰau⁵³⁻³³ (tʰ-)lau⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-thâu
- Tâi-lô: thâu-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: tau'taau
- IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
Adverb
頭頭
- (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) at first; initially; in the beginning
- (Cantonese) just now
Synonyms
- 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
- 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
- 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 先前 (1shi-zhi) (Wu)
- 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
- 先頭／先头 (Wu)
- 最初 (zuìchū)
- 初初 (co1 co1) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
- 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
- 原 (yuán)
- 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
- 原先 (yuánxiān)
- 原初 (yuánchū)
- 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
- 原旦 (Hakka)
- 原本 (yuánběn)
- 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
- 在本 (Hokkien)
- 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
- 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
- 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 早先 (5tsau-shi) (Wu)
- 本來／本来 (běnlái)
- 本則來／本则来 (5pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
- 本底 (Hokkien)
- 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
- 本成 (Hokkien)
- 本然 (Hokkien)
- 本生 (5pen-san) (Wu)
- 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
- 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
- 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 自本 (Hokkien)
- 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
- 起先 (qǐxiān)
- 起初 (qǐchū)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
- 開先／开先 (kai1 sienn1) (Xiang)
- 開初／开初 (kāichū)
- 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
- 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)