獵頭

Chinese

		hunting	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (獵頭)		獵	頭
simp. (猎头)		猎	头

Etymology

Calque of English headhunting.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liètóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lip⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liètóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liètóu
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: lyè-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehtour
    • Palladius: летоу (letou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lip⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: lihp tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lip⁹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lib⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

獵頭

1. headhunting (cutting off and preservation of the heads of one's enemies)
2. headhunting (active recruitment of executive or talented personnel)

   獵頭公司／猎头公司  ―  liètóu gōngsī  ―  headhunting company

3. headhunter (one who recruits senior personnel for a company)