包頭

See also: 包头

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâu-thèu
• Eastern Min (BUC): bău-tàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pau-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao¹ tao⁵

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau¹ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baotóu
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: bāu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bautour
    • Palladius: баотоу (baotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāotóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baotóur
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bāu-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bautourl
    • Palladius: баотоур (baotour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

Note: Erhuayin for “toecap" sense only.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: bāau tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau´ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bău-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: pau-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pau'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao¹ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pau thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯³³ təu̯¹³/

Etymology 1

		to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Verb

包頭

1. to wrap one's head (in a turban, etc.)

Derived terms

• 包頭佬／包头佬 (bāotóulǎo)

 

See also

• 纏頭／缠头 (chántóu)

Noun

包頭

1. headdress
2. toecap
3. (Xiang) foreman contracted for a project

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ (buɣutu).

Proper noun

包頭

1. (～市) Baotou (a prefecture-level city, the largest city in Inner Mongolia, in northern China)

Descendants

• → English: Baotou, Pao-t'ou, Paotow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	頭
ほう Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

包(ほう)頭(とう) • (Hōtō) 

1. Baotou (a prefecture-level city, the largest city in Inner Mongolia, in northern China)

Synonyms

• パオトウ (Paotō)