探頭

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (探頭)		探	頭
simp. (探头)		探	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâm-thèu / thâm-thèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-thâu / tham-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàntóu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: tàn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanntour
    • Palladius: таньтоу (tanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàntóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàntóur
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tàn-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanntourl
    • Palladius: таньтоур (tanʹtour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ tau⁴
    • Yale: taam tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm-thèu / thâm-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: dam^ˊ teu^ˇ / tam^ˊ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹ teu² / tam¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tam²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/, /tʰam²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tham-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

探頭

1. to pop one's head in; to crane one's neck

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 探頭

1. (electronics) probe (on a detector etc.)