低頭

See also: 低头

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (低頭)		低	頭
simp. (低头)		低	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dītóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄊㄡˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di¹ tou²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâi-thèu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): te-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di¹ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dītóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ditóu
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: dī-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ditour
    • Palladius: дитоу (ditou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: di¹ tou²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ditou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ tʰəu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: dāi tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâi-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: dai´ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dai¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tai̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: te-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te³³ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di¹ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

低頭

1. to lower one's head; to bow one's head
2. (by extension) to submit; to yield; to give in

Synonyms

• (lower one's head): (Min Nan) 揞頭／揞头; (Wu) 頭磕落／头磕落

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lower one's head”): 昂首 (ángshǒu), 仰頭／仰头 (yǎngtóu)

Derived terms

• 人在屋檐下，不得不低頭／人在屋檐下，不得不低头 (rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu)
• 低頭族／低头族 (dītóuzú)
• 抬頭不見低頭見／抬头不见低头见 (táitóu bùjiàn dītóu jiàn)