鰲頭

Chinese

		sea turtle	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鰲頭)		鰲	頭
simp. (鳌头)		鳌	头

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “唐宋时翰林学士、承旨等官朝见皇帝时立于镌有巨鳌的殿陛石正中，因称入翰林院为上鳌头。”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áotóu
    • Wade–Giles: ao²-tʻou²
    • Yale: áu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aurtour
    • Palladius: аотоу (aotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: gô-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goi'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

鰲頭

1. (literally) head of the legendary sea-turtle
2. (figurative) the first place

Derived terms

• 佔鰲頭／占鳌头
• 獨佔鰲頭／独占鳌头 (dúzhàn'áotóu)
• 鰲頭獨佔／鳌头独占