前頭

See also: 前头

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (前頭)		前	頭
simp. (前头)		前	头
anagram		頭前／头前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiántou

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-thâu / chiân-thiô / chûiⁿ-thâu / chêng-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiántou
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: chyán-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan.tou
    • Palladius: цяньтоу (cjanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: chìhn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuînn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvui'taau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前頭

1. in front; at the head; ahead; above; first

   我把醜話說在前頭，你可別不高興。 [MSC, trad.]
   我把丑话说在前头，你可别不高兴。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bǎ chǒuhuà shuō zài qiántou, nǐ kě bié bù gāoxìng. [Pinyin]

   Let me say these frank words first; please don't be offended by them.

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 前方 (qiánfāng)
• 前邊／前边
• 前面 (qiánmiàn)
• 頭裡／头里 (tóuli) (colloquial)
• 頭陣／头阵 (Hokkien)

 

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	頭
まえ Grade: 2	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

前(まえ)頭(がしら) • (maegashira) 

1. (sumo) maegashira, the rank and file athletes in the makuuchi upper division of professional sumo, below the named sanyaku ranks and above the juryo intermediate division