口頭

See also: 口头

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (口頭)		口	頭
simp. (口头)		口	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒutóu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khió-thâu / kháu-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǒutóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutour
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǒutóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutourl
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² tau⁴
  - Yale: háu tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: khió-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'taau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'taau
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ¹³/

Adjective

口頭

(attributive) on the mouth; by mouth
(attributive) oral route; spoken; verbal

Antonyms

書面／书面 (shūmiàn)

Derived terms

口頭傳統／口头传统 (kǒutóu chuántǒng)
口頭文學／口头文学

口頭禪／口头禅 (kǒutóuchán)
口頭語／口头语

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	頭
こう Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

口頭 (hiragana こうとう, rōmaji kōtō)

oral
- 1948, 豊島与志雄, ヘヤーピン一本:
  手紙 (て)が書 (みがか)けないものだから、口 (こう)頭 (とう)で礼 (れい)を言 (い)いに来 (き)たんだ。
  Tegami ga kakenai mono dakara, kōtō de rei o ii ni kita n da.
  It's something that can't be expressed in a letter, so I came to thank you in person.

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