先頭

See also: 先头

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (先頭)		先	頭
simp. (先头)		先	头
anagram		頭先／头先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiāntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tau⁴ / sin¹ tau^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-thèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-thiô / sian-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siantóu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: syān-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantour
    • Palladius: сяньтоу (sjanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiæ̃²⁴ tʰou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ tau⁴ / sin¹ tau^4-2
    • Yale: sīn tàuh / sīn táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tau⁴ / sin¹ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ teo⁴ / xin¹ teo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 先頭

1. front; head

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 先頭

1. previously; before

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 先頭

1. advance (troops, etc.)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	頭
せん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

先(せん)頭(とう) • (sentō) 

1. head, front, lead, first

   必(かなら)ず先頭(せんとう)が大文字(おおもじ)になる。

   Kanarazu sentō ga ōmoji ni naru.

   The first letter always gets capitalized.

Antonyms

• 末尾(まつび) (matsubi)