跇頭

Chinese

		follow (Eastern Min)	head
trad. (跇頭)		跇	頭
simp. (跇头)		跇	头
alternative forms		直頭／直头

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): tié-tāu / tí-tāu

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tié-tāu / tí-tāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(tʰ-)lau³³/, /tʰi²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(tʰ-)lau³³/

Note: Further contraction is possible. Note the pronunciation of 頭 is irregular (tāu rather than tàu).

Adverb

跇頭

1. (Eastern Min) all along; always; constantly; entirely

Synonyms

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)