先頭

See also: 先头

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (先頭)		先	頭
simp. (先头)		先	头
anagram		頭先／头先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiāntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄡˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tau⁴, sin¹ tau^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-thèu
Min Nan (POJ): sian-thiô / sian-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantour
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiæ̃²⁴ tʰʊ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ tau⁴, sin¹ tau^4-2
  - Yale: sīn tàuh, sīn táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tau⁴, sin¹ tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ teo⁴, xin¹ teo²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien´ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ teu²
  - IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: sian-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sientiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tʰio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: sian-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sientaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/

Noun

先頭

front; head

Adverb

先頭

previously; before

Adjective

先頭

advance (troops, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	頭
せん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せんとー [sèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

先頭 (hiragana せんとう, rōmaji sentō)

head, front, lead, first
必 (かなら)ず先 (せん)頭 (とう)が大 (おお)文 (も)字 (じ)になる。
Kanarazu sentō ga ōmoji ni naru.
The first letter always gets capitalized.

Antonyms

末尾 (まつび) (matsubi)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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