頭尾

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	tail
trad. (頭尾)		頭	尾
simp. (头尾)		头	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ mei⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thèu-mî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu² mi¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-bé / thâu-bér / thâu-bóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuwěi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-wei³
    • Yale: tóu-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourwoei
    • Palladius: тоувэй (touvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ mei⁵
    • Yale: tàuh méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ mi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ mi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu² mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹ mi⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-bé
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-bér
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'boea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/

Noun

頭尾

1. head and tail parts
2. beginning and end; details of a matter

Adverb

頭尾

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) from beginning to end

   頭尾搞咗三日 [Cantonese, trad.]
   头尾搞咗三日 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tau⁴ mei⁵ gaau² zo² saam¹ jat⁶ [Jyutping]

   worked on it for three days from start to finish

Synonyms

• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu)

Derived terms

• 頭頭尾尾／头头尾尾