牽頭

Chinese

		lead along	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (牽頭)		牽	頭
simp. (牵头)		牵	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ tau⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kian¹ têu²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khan-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciantóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: chyān-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiantour
    • Palladius: цяньтоу (cjanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: hīn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kian¹ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: khan-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qantaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kang¹ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

牽頭

1. to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example
2. to act as go-between; to act as the middleman; to play matchmaker

Synonyms

• (to take the lead):

• 帶頭／带头 (dàitóu)
• 打頭陣／打头阵 (dǎtóuzhèn)
• 拉頭纜／拉头缆 (laai¹ tau⁴ laam⁶) (Cantonese)
• 拍頭陣／拍头阵 (Teochew)
• 㧣頭陣／㧣头阵 (Hokkien)
• 擎頭／擎头 (Hakka)
• 率先 (shuàixiān)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu) (colloquial)

 

• (to act as go-between): 撮合 (cuōhé), 說合／说合 (shuōhé)