頭緒

See also: 头绪

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
trad. (頭緒)		頭	緒
simp. (头绪)		头	绪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ seoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-sǐr / thâu-sū / thâu-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóusyù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-hsü⁴
    • Yale: tóu-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshiuh
    • Palladius: тоусюй (tousjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ seoi⁵
    • Yale: tàuh séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-sū
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tausu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tausi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² si²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 頭緒

1. clue; inkling
2. order; sequence
3. state of mind; thoughts

Synonyms

• (clue):

(deprecated template usage)

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• 徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 意思
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 眉目 (méimu)
• 端倪 (duānní)
• 線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)