點頭

See also: 点头

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (點頭)		點	頭
simp. (点头)		点	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎntóu
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-tʻou²
    • Yale: dyǎn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deantour
    • Palladius: дяньтоу (djanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² tau⁴
    • Yale: dím tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiám-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafmtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

Verb

點頭

1. to nod (one's head)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 頕頭／𬱗头, 揕頭／揕头, 壋頭／垱头, 厾頭／厾头