點頭

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See also: 点头 and 点頭

Chinese

point; dot; (decimal) point
point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
 
 head; (noun suffix)
trad. (點頭) 點 頭
simp. (点头) 点 头

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 點 頭
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 添 (157) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 多忝切 度侯切
Baxter temX duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/temX/ /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/temX/ /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛmX/ /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛmX/ /dəw/
Li
Rong 		/temX/ /du/
Wang
Li 		/tiemX/ /dəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tiemX/ /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diǎn tóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dim2 tau4

Verb

點頭

  1. (literally) to nod (one's head)
    • 對月紗窓弄未休，半含嬌態半含羞。低聲暗問相思否，手整金釵笑點頭。
      From: 《佳人》 ("Beautiful Girl"), Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), c. 1830
      Dae wol sachang nong mi hyu, ban ham gyotae ban ham su. Jeoseong am mun sangsa bu, su jeong geumchae so jeomdu.
      As we faced the moonlit window, we did not cease our tryst. She was half flirtatious and half shy. Under my breath, I asked if she would miss me. Her hand fixing her gold hairpin, she smiled and nodded yes.
  2. (figuratively) to agree; to consent; to approve

Synonyms

  • (to nod):
Dialectal synonyms of 點頭 (“to nod (one's head)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 頷首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 點頭
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 點頭
Harbin 點頭兒
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 點頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 點頭
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 點頭
Xining 點頭
Xuzhou 點頭兒, 點頭
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 點頭
Ürümqi 點頭
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 點頭
Guiyang 點頭
Liuzhou 點頭
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 點頭
Yangzhou 點頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 岌頭
Hong Kong 岌頭
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 岌頭
Macau 岌頭
Guangzhou (Panyu) 岌頭
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 岌頭
Guangzhou (Conghua) 岌頭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 岌頭
Foshan 岌頭
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 岌頭
Foshan (Shunde) 岌頭
Foshan (Sanshui) 岌頭
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 岌頭
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 岌頭
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 岌頭
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 岌頭
Zhuhai (Doumen) 岌頭
Jiangmen (Baisha) 岌頭
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 岌頭
Taishan 岌頭
Kaiping (Chikan) 岌頭
Enping (Niujiang) 岌頭
Heshan (Yayao) 岌頭
Dongguan 岌頭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 岌頭
Gan Nanchang 點頭, 挫頭, 顉頭
Hakka Meixian 頷頭
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 岌頭
Dongguan (Qingxi) 岌頭
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 點頭
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 岌頭
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 點頭, 頷頭
Wuhua (Huacheng) 頷頭
Wuhua (Changbu) 頷頭
Wuhua (Mianyang) 頷頭
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 岌頭
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頷頭
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頷頭
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頷頭
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頷頭
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頷頭
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頕頭
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 頷頭
Singkawang 頷頭
Huizhou Jixi 點頭
Jin Taiyuan 點頭
Southern Min Xiamen 頕頭, 厾頭
Quanzhou 頕頭, 厾頭
Jinjiang 頕頭
Zhangzhou 頕頭, 壋頭
Taipei 頕頭
New Taipei (Sanxia) 頕頭
Kaohsiung 頕頭
Yilan 頕頭
Changhua (Lukang) 頕頭
Taichung 頕頭
Tainan 頕頭
Hsinchu 頕頭
Kinmen 頕頭
Penghu (Magong) 頕頭
Penang (Hokkien) 頕頭, 點頭
Shantou 答頭, 點頭
Shantou (Chenghai) 答頭
Jieyang 答頭
Haikou 點頭
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 岌頭
Wu Shanghai 點頭, 得頭
Suzhou 點頭
Danyang 點頭
  • (to agree):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to agree”):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (點頭):
  • → Japanese: 点頭(てんとう) (tentō)
  • → Korean: 점두(點頭) (jeomdu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
點 頭
てん
Hyōgai 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
For pronunciation and definitions of 點頭 – see the following entry.
【点頭てんとう】
to nod one's head
to consent; to agree
(This term, 點頭, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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