調頭

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (調頭)		調	頭
simp. (调头)		调	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu → diàotou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàoto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: dyàu-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw.tour
    • Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: diuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

調頭

1. (colloquial, derogatory) point of view; argument
2. (dialectal) tune; melody
3. (dialectal) manner of speaking

Verb

調頭

1. to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)

Synonyms

• U轉／U转 (yōu zhuǎn) (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 掉頭／掉头 (diàotóu)
• 跋頭／跋头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 踅頭／踅头 (Hokkien)
• 轉頭／转头