頭牲

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	domestic animal
trad. (頭牲)		頭	牲
simp. (头牲)		头	牲
alternative forms		頭生／头生

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ saang¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thèu-sên

  (Hailu, HRS): teu sang^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu² sang¹

• Northern Min (KCR): tê-sáng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tàu-săng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-siⁿ / thâu-seⁿ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ saang¹
    • Yale: tàuh sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ sen²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu sang^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ saŋ⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu² sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹ saŋ⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tê-sáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe³³ saŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu-săng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)laŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tausvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tausvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

頭牲

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Northern Min, Eastern Min) livestock; domestic animals

Synonyms

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• 家畜 (jiāchù)
• 牲口 (shēngkǒu)
• 牲畜 (shēngchù)
• 畜生
• 眾牲／众牲 (¹tson-san) (Wu)
• 精牲 (Hokkien, Teochew)

 

Derived terms

• 頭牲仔／头牲仔