帶頭

Chinese

		band; belt; girdle band; belt; girdle; ribbon; area; zone; region; wear; carry; lead; bring; consists of; show; and	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (帶頭)		帶	頭
simp. (带头)		带	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàitóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai³ tau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tai-thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dai⁴ têu²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tòa-thâu / tài-thiô / tài-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua³ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàitóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàitóu
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: dài-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daytour
    • Palladius: дайтоу (dajtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai³ tau⁴
    • Yale: daai tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tai-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: dai teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dai⁴ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tai̯⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dai⁴ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /taɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòa-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tuà-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doartaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tài-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: tài-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dae'tiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tài-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tài-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dae'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua³ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuà thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

帶⫽頭 (verb-object)

1. to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example

   這至少需要有人先出來帶個頭才行啊。 [MSC, trad.]
   这至少需要有人先出来带个头才行啊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhìshào xūyào yǒu rén xiān chūlái dài ge tóu cái xíng a. [Pinyin]

   At least someone needs to come out and take the lead.

Synonyms

• 打頭陣／打头阵 (dǎtóuzhèn)
• 拉頭纜／拉头缆 (laai¹ tau⁴ laam⁶) (Cantonese)
• 拍頭陣／拍头阵 (Teochew)
• 㧣頭陣／㧣头阵 (Hokkien)
• 擎頭／擎头 (Hakka)
• 牽頭／牵头 (qiāntóu)
• 率先 (shuàixiān)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 帶頭人／带头人 (dàitóurén)
• 帶頭羊／带头羊 (dàitóuyáng)

 

Related terms

• 帶動／带动 (dàidòng)