事頭

事頭

See also: 事头

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (事頭)		事	頭
simp. (事头)		事	头

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shìtóu → shìtou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.tour
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: sih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

事頭

1. (literary) affair; matter
2. (literary) cause; reason

Synonyms

• (affair): 事情 (shìqing)
• (cause): 事由 (shìyóu)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): si⁶ tau^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu⁵ heu^3*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ tau^4-2
    • Yale: sih táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ teo²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhu⁵ heu^3*
    • IPA ^(key): /ɬu³² heu²²⁻²²⁵/

Noun

事頭

1. (Cantonese) boss; store manager; master; owner

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老闆
Mandarin	Beijing	老闆
	Taiwan	老闆, 頭家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士
	Hong Kong	事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士
	Taishan	事頭, 老細, 老闆
Gan	Nanchang	老闆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭家
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	頭家
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	頭家
	Dongshi (Dabu)	頭家
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	頭家
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	頭家
Jin	Taiyuan	老闆, 掌櫃, 掌櫃的
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老闆
Min Nan	Xiamen	頭家
	Quanzhou	頭家
	Zhangzhou	頭家
	Taipei	老闆, 頭家
	Kaohsiung	頭家
	Tainan	老闆, 頭家
	Taichung	頭家
	Hsinchu	頭家
	Lukang	頭家
	Sanxia	頭家
	Yilan	老闆, 頭家
	Kinmen	頭家
	Magong	頭家
	Philippines (Manila)	頭家
Wu	Shanghai	老闆
Xiang	Changsha	老闆

Derived terms

事頭婆／事头婆