嘜頭

Chinese

		mark	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (嘜頭)		嘜	頭
simp. (唛头)		唛	头
alternative forms		嚜頭／嚜头 目頭／目头 Min Nan

Etymology

From English mark + 頭／头 (tóu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màitóu, màtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄇㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak¹ tau⁴, mak¹ tau^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ tao⁵ / mah⁸ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màitóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màitóu
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: mài-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maytour
    • Palladius: майтоу (majtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màtóu
    • Wade–Giles: ma⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: mà-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mahtour
    • Palladius: матоу (matou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak¹ tau⁴, mak¹ tau^4-2
    • Yale: māk tàuh, māk táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁷ tau⁴, mak⁷ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg¹ teo⁴, meg¹ teo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /mɐk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagtaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bak̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mag⁸ tao⁵ / mah⁸ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k thâu / ma̍h thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵/, /maʔ⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵/

Note: mah8 tao5 - Bangkok.

• (Hokkien) Homophone: 目頭／目头 (ba̍k-thâu)

Noun

嘜頭

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min) brand; trademark; logo (Classifier: 個／个)

   佢件衫上面個嘜頭好似好熟口面喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢件衫上面个唛头好似好熟口面㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gin⁶ saam¹ soeng⁶ min⁶ go³ mak¹ tau⁴ hou² ci⁵ hou² suk⁶ hau² min⁶ wo³. [Jyutping]

   The logo on his shirt looks familiar to me.

   • 1904, 約翰大衛德 [David D. Jones], quoting advertisement, The Surnames of the Chinese in America [旅美華人姓字], page 40:

     廿騾帶車墨頭之硼砂粉 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     廿骡带车墨头之硼砂粉 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     jaa⁶ lo⁴ daai³ ce¹ mak⁶ tau⁴ zi¹ pang⁴ saa¹ fan² [Jyutping]

     20 Mule Team-brand Borax

Synonyms

• 品牌 (pǐnpái)
• 商品名 (shāngpǐnmíng)
• 商標／商标 (shāngbiāo)
• 商號／商号 (shānghào)
• 牌 (pái)
• 牌號／牌号 (páihào)