霉頭

Chinese

		bacteria; fungi; mouldy	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (霉頭)		霉	頭
simp. (霉头)		霉	头
alternative forms		楣頭／楣头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méitóu, méitou

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶me-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méitóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méitóu
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-tʻou²
    • Yale: méi-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meitour
    • Palladius: мэйтоу (mɛjtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méitou
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méito̊u
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: méi-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.tou
    • Palladius: мэйтоу (mɛjtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶me-deu
    • MiniDict: me^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

霉頭

1. (dialectal) bad luck

Derived terms

• 觸霉頭／触霉头