頭大

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (頭大)		頭	大
simp. (头大)		头	大
anagram		大頭／大头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóudà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ daai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-tōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóudà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóudà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-ta⁴
    • Yale: tóu-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourdah
    • Palladius: тоуда (touda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ daai⁶
    • Yale: tàuh daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ taːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'doa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² tua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ tua³³/

Verb

頭⫽大 (subject-predicate)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 頭／头,‎ 大: to have a big head
2. (figuratively) to get a headache; to be distressed; to be overwhelmed

   真讓人頭大！／真让人头大！  ―  Zhēn ràng rén tóudà!  ―  It's such a headache!

   頭都大埋／头都大埋 [Cantonese]  ―  tau⁴ dou¹ daai⁶ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to be distressed (literally, “even the head becomes big”)