先頭

先頭

See also: 先头

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (先頭)		先	頭
simp. (先头)		先	头
anagram		頭先／头先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiāntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tau⁴, sin¹ tau^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-thèu
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-thiô / sian-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantour
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiæ̃²⁴ tʰʊ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ tau⁴, sin¹ tau^4-2
    • Yale: sīn tàuh, sīn táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tau⁴, sin¹ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ teo⁴, xin¹ teo²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ teu²
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/

Noun

先頭

1. front; head

Adverb

先頭

1. previously; before

Adjective

先頭

1. advance (troops, etc.)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	頭
せん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せんとー [sèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

先頭 (hiragana せんとう, rōmaji sentō)

1. head, front, lead, first

   必 (かなら)ず先 (せん)頭 (とう)が大 (おお)文 (も)字 (じ)になる。

   Kanarazu sentō ga ōmoji ni naru.

   The first letter always gets capitalized.

Antonyms

• 末尾 (まつび) (matsubi)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN