兆頭

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See also: 兆头

Chinese

		omen; million; million million, trillion	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (兆頭)		兆	頭
simp. (兆头)		兆	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhàotou

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiǎu-thâu / tiāu-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàotou
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: chao⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: jàu-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw.tou
  - Palladius: чжаотоу (čžaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: siuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiǎu-thâu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diauxtaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

兆頭

sign; omen; portent

Synonyms

先兆 (xiānzhào)
前兆 (qiánzhào)
彩頭 / 彩头 (Hokkien, Teochew)
徵候 / 征候 (zhēnghòu)
徵兆 / 征兆 (zhēngzhào)
徵象 / 征象 (zhēngxiàng)
朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
節嵌 / 节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
萌 (literary)
衣食 (ĭ-sĭk) (Eastern Min)
預兆 / 预兆 (yùzhào)

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