筆頭

See also: 笔头

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (筆頭)		筆	頭
simp. (笔头)		笔	头
anagram		頭筆／头笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtóu
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻou²
    • Yale: bǐ-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitour
    • Palladius: битоу (bitou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtóur
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bǐ-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitourl
    • Palladius: битоур (bitour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: bāt tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

筆頭

1. tip of a brush; tip of a pen; nib
2. (figurative) writing skill

Synonyms

• (tip of a brush):

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• 筆仔尾 / 笔仔尾 (Hokkien)
• 筆尖 / 笔尖 (bǐjiān)
• 筆尖子 / 笔尖子 (bi⁶ zienn¹ zr) (Xiang)
• 筆端 / 笔端 (bǐduān)

• (writing skill):

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• 筆下 / 笔下 (bǐxià)
• 筆底下 / 笔底下 (bǐdǐxia)
• 筆頭子 / 笔头子 (bǐtóuzi) (figurative)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆	頭
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
kan'on

Noun

筆(ひっ)頭(とう) • (hittō) 

1. tip of a brush
2. the top of a list, the head of a list
3. the head of a family

References

• “筆頭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026