馬頭

See also: 马头

Chinese

		horse; surname	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (馬頭)		馬	頭
simp. (马头)		马	头

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bé-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maatour
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ tau⁴
  - Yale: máh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    碼頭／码头
    馬頭／马头
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: bé-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beftaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

馬頭

(literally) a horse's head
(archaic) the head of a stableboy

Derived terms

馬頭琴／马头琴 (mǎtóuqín)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎtou

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ-thèu
Min Nan (POJ): bé-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎtou
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa.tou
  - IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ tau⁴
  - Yale: máh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mäː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    碼頭／码头
    馬頭／马头
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ teu²
  - IPA: /ma²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: bé-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beftaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

馬頭

(archaic) Alternative form of 碼頭: a dock; a pier

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	頭
め Grade: 2	ず Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) めず [méꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [me̞zɨᵝ]

Proper noun

馬頭 (hiragana めず, rōmaji Mezu, historical hiragana めづ)

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Horse-Head, one of the two guardians of hell

See also

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