掉頭

See also: 掉头

Chinese

		to drop; to fall	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (掉頭)		掉	頭
simp. (掉头)		掉	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tiāu-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: diàotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawtour
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: diuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diauxtaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/

Verb

掉頭

to turn one's head (away); to turn tail
(alt. form 調頭／调头) to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)

Synonyms

(to make a U-turn): (Min Nan) 跋頭／跋头

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.