褲頭

Chinese

		drawers; trousers; pants	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (褲頭)		褲	頭
simp. (裤头)		裤	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³ tau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fu-thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu⁴ têu²

• Northern Min (KCR): ku̿-tê
• Eastern Min (BUC): kó-tàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kou³ tao⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): keu³ tao⁵

• Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): ku⁴ ddieu^2-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùtóu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: kù-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhtour
    • Palladius: кутоу (kutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùtóur
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: kù-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhtourl
    • Palladius: кутоур (kutour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³ tau⁴
    • Yale: fu tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu⁴ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ku̿-tê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³ tʰe³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kó-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qortaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kou³ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòu thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: keu³ tao⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɛu²¹⁻⁵⁵ tʰau²²/
• Xiang
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: ku⁴ ddieu^2-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³⁵ di̯ɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

褲頭

1. (dialectal) underpants; undershorts
2. (Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Pingxiang Gan, Hakka, Min, Southern Pinghua, Loudi Xiang) waist of trousers
3. (Yinchuan Mandarin) short pants worn externally

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 內褲 (“underpants”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		內褲
Mandarin	Taiwan	內褲
	Yantai (Muping)	褲頭兒
	Chengdu	內褲, 搖褲, 火搖褲, 火炮兒
	Liuzhou	內褲, 底褲
	Yangzhou	短褲, 褲頭子
	Nanjing	褲頭兒
	Malaysia	底褲
	Singapore	底褲 male briefs, female, 內褲 male boxers
Cantonese	Guangzhou	底褲
	Hong Kong	底褲, 底橫, 底底
	Taishan	底褲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	底褲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	底褲
Gan	Nanchang	褲頭子
Hakka	Meixian	底褲仔, 底褲
	Xingning	底褲, 底褲哩
	Yudu	內褲, 底褲子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	底褲仔, 伴子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	底褲仔, 內褲, 伴子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	身底褲, 底褲仔, 伴子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	底褲, 內褲, 伴子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	身底褲, 底褲, 伴子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	內褲, 內底褲, 伴子
Southern Min	Taipei	內褲 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	內面褲, 底褲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	底褲 male briefs, female, 內褲 male boxers
	Manila (Hokkien)	內褲
	Shantou	底褲, 內褲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	底褲, 內褲
Wu	Danyang	短褲頭子, 褲頭子
	Wenzhou	褲頭兒, 褲頭
Xiang	Changsha	內褲
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 褲腰 (“waist of trousers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		褲腰
Mandarin	Beijing	褲腰
	Beijing (Pinggu)	褲腰
	Harbin	褲腰
	Yantai (Muping)	褲腰
	Jinan	褲腰
	Luoyang	褲腰
	Wanrong	褲腰
	Xi'an	褲腰
	Yinchuan	褲腰
	Xining	褲腰
	Ürümqi	褲腰
	Wuhan	褲腰
	Chengdu	褲腰
	Guiyang	褲腰
	Liuzhou	褲頭
	Yangzhou	褲腰
	Nanjing	褲腰, 腰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褲頭
	Hong Kong	褲頭
	Dongguan	褲頭
Gan	Nanchang	褲腰
	Lichuan	褲腰
	Pingxiang	褲頭
Hakka	Meixian	褲頭
	Yudu	褲頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	褲頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	褲頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	褲頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	褲頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	褲頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	褲頭
Huizhou	Jixi	褲腰
Jin	Taiyuan	褲腰
	Xinzhou	褲腰
Northern Min	Jian'ou	褲腰, 褲頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	褲頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	褲頭
	Quanzhou	褲頭
	Jinjiang	褲頭
	Zhangzhou	褲頭
	Leizhou	褲頭
	Haikou	褲頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	褲頭
Wu	Shanghai	褲腰
	Suzhou	褲腰
	Danyang	褲腰
	Hangzhou	褲腰
	Ningbo	褲腰
	Wenzhou	褲腰
	Jinhua	褲腰
Xiang	Changsha	褲腰
	Loudi	褲頭

Derived terms

• 褲腰帶／裤腰带 (kùyāodài)