避風頭

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	way the wind blows; wind direction; drafty place way the wind blows; wind direction; drafty place; spot that is the most windy
trad. (避風頭)		避	風頭
simp. (避风头)		避	风头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì fēngtou

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ fung¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī-hong-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì fēngtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì fongto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴ fêng¹-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: bì fēng-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih feng.tou
    • Palladius: би фэнтоу (bi fɛntou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ fung¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: beih fūng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ fung¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ fung¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-hong-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: pī-hong-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixhongtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Verb

避風頭

1. (idiomatic) to lie low and stay away from an unfavourable situation