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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khió-thiô / kháu-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao² tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒutóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒutóu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tʻou²
    • Yale: kǒu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutour
    • Palladius: коутоу (koutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒutóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒutóur
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: kǒu-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutourl
    • Palladius: коутоур (koutour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² tau⁴
    • Yale: háu tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: khió-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'tiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'taau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao² tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Adjective

口頭

1. (attributive) on the mouth; by mouth
2. (attributive) oral; spoken; verbal

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “oral”): 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 (kǒutóuyǔ)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

口(こう)頭(とう) • (kōtō) 

1. oral
   • 1948, 豊島与志雄, ヘヤーピン一本:

     手紙(てがみ)が書(か)けないものだから、口頭(こうとう)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.