剪頭髮

Chinese

		cut with scissors; scissors	hair on the head
trad. (剪頭髮)		剪	頭髮
simp. (剪头发)		剪	头发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn tóufa, jiǎn tóufǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄈㄚ, ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin² tau⁴ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn tóufa
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn tóufå
    • Wade–Giles: chien³ tʻou²-fa⁵
    • Yale: jyǎn tóu-fa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean tour.fa
    • Palladius: цзянь тоуфа (czjanʹ toufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fä³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn tóufǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn tóufǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chien³ tʻou²-fa³
    • Yale: jyǎn tóu-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean tourfaa
    • Palladius: цзянь тоуфа (czjanʹ toufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin² tau⁴ faat³
    • Yale: jín tàuh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin² tau⁴ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin² teo⁴ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ faːt̚³/

Verb

剪⫽頭髮 (verb-object)

1. to have a haircut

Synonyms

• 剃頭／剃头 (tìtóu)
• 剪髮／剪发 (jiǎnfà)
• 理髮／理发 (lǐfà)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 理髮 (“to have a haircut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理髮
Mandarin	Beijing	理髮, 剃頭
	Tianjin	推頭
	Harbin	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Yantai (Muping)	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
	Jinan	理髮, 剃頭, 剪頭, 剪頭髮
	Luoyang	剃頭, 理髮
	Wanrong	推頭, 理髮
	Xi'an	剃頭, 理髮
	Xining	剃頭, 理髮
	Ürümqi	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
	Wuhan	剃頭, 理髮
	Chengdu	剃頭, 理髮, 剪腦殼, 砍腦殼 humorous
	Chongqing	理髮, 剃頭
	Guiyang	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Liuzhou	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shanglin (Sanli)	飛頭
	Xuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭
	Yangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 理髮
	Nanjing	剪頭
	Hefei	剃頭, 理髮
	Singapore	剪頭髮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛髮
	Hong Kong	飛髮, 剪頭髮, 剪髮, 剪頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	磨頭, 剃頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	剃頭
	Macau	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Foshan	飛髮
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛髮
	Foshan (Shunde)	飛髮
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛髮
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	剪髮, 剃頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛髮, 剪髮
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛髮, 剃頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	刮頭, 飛髮
	Taishan	剪毛, 剪頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	刮頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	刮頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	剃頭
	Dongguan	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	剃頭
	Yangjiang	剃頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛髮
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛髮
	Beihai	飛髮
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛髮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飛髮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	剪髮, 飛髮, 理髮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	剪頭髮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飛髮
	Móng Cái	剃頭, 飛髮
Gan	Nanchang	剃頭, 理髮
	Lichuan	剃頭
Hakka	Meixian	飛髮, 飛毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	剃頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剃頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剃頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Conghua (Lütian)	剃頭
	Luhe	剃頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剃頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剃頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剃頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	剃頭
	Hong Kong	剃頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪髮
	Singkawang	剪毛
Huizhou	Jixi	剃頭
Jin	Taiyuan	剃頭, 理髮
	Xinzhou	剃頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剃頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭髮 of a female
Southern Min	Xiamen	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Quanzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Jinjiang	剃頭
	Zhangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭鬃 usually of a female
	Tainan	剃頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	剪頭, 剪頭毛
	Chaozhou	剃頭, 剪頭
	Shantou	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Jieyang	剃頭, 鉸毛, 剪毛, 剪頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	剃頭
	Leizhou	剃頭, 車毛
	Haikou	剃頭
Central Min	Yanping (Wangtai)	剃頭
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	剃頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剃頭, 飛髮
Wu	Shanghai	剃頭, 剃頭髮, 軋頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	剃頭
	Suzhou	剃頭
	Danyang	剃頭, 剪頭
	Hangzhou	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭髮 of a female
	Ningbo	剃頭
	Wenzhou	剃頭
	Jinhua	剃頭
Xiang	Changsha	剃頭, 剃頭殼
	Shuangfeng	剃頭殼