針頭

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (針頭)		針	頭
simp. (针头)		针	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhentóu
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: jēn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentour
    • Palladius: чжэньтоу (čžɛnʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēntóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhentóur
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jēn-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentourl
    • Palladius: чжэньтоур (čžɛnʹtour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: jām tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 針頭

1. tip of a needle; needle head; pinhead
2. (by extension) needle, especially a syringe needle

Synonyms

• (tip of a needle): 針尖兒／针尖儿 (zhēnjiānr); (Min Nan) 針尾／针尾