烏頭
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Chinese
[edit]a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
head; (noun suffix) | ||
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trad. (烏頭) | 烏 | 頭 | |
simp. (乌头) | 乌 | 头 |
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wutóu
- Wade–Giles: wu1-tʻou2
- Yale: wū-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utour
- Palladius: утоу (utou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu1 tau4-2
- Yale: wū táu
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 tau4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: wu1 teo4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]烏頭
- (literary) head of a crow
- (literary) head with black hair; (figurative) juniority; youth
- (traditional Chinese medicine) aconite (Aconitum), especially the Chinese aconite (Aconitum carmichaelii)
- grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
- seeds of Euryale ferox (foxnut)
- (archaic) outer joint on the hindleg of a bull or horse