磕頭

See also: 磕头

Chinese

		to tap; knock	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (磕頭)		磕	頭
simp. (磕头)		磕	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kētóu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): kha̍p-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kētóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ketour
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: hahp tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha̍p-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kha̍p-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qabtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰaʊ²³/

Verb

磕頭

to kowtow
(Min Nan) to ram one's head; to hit one's head (against something)

Synonyms

(to kowtow): 叩頭／叩头 (kòutóu)

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