火頭

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (火頭)		火	頭
simp. (火头)		火	头

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒtóu
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-tʻou²
    • Yale: hwǒ-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huootour
    • Palladius: хотоу (xotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒtóur
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwǒ-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huootourl
    • Palladius: хотоур (xotour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² tau⁴
    • Yale: fó tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 火頭

1. (colloquial) flame
2. (colloquial) duration and degree (of heating, cooking, smelting, etc.)
3. (colloquial) anger; temper
4. (colloquial) owner of the house where a fire started
5. (colloquial) person responsible for starting a fire

Synonyms

• (duration and degree): 火候 (huǒhòu)
• (anger): 火氣／火气 (huǒqì)
• (owner of the house): 火主 (huǒzhǔ)
• (person responsible): 火主 (huǒzhǔ)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² tau⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² tao⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² tau⁴
    • Yale: fó tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 火頭

1. (Cantonese) source of trouble; cause of trouble
2. (Cantonese, Teochew) chef