由頭

Chinese

		follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (由頭)		由	頭
simp. (由头)		由	头
anagram		頭由／头由

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóutou, yóutóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóutou
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: yóu-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you.tou
    • Palladius: ютоу (jutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóutour
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuto̊ur
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻou⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: yóu-tour
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you.toul
    • Palladius: ютоур (jutour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóutóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóutóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tʻou²
    • Yale: yóu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtour
    • Palladius: ютоу (jutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 由頭

1. pretext; excuse; justification