到頭

到頭

Chinese

		to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (到頭)		到	頭
simp. (到头)		到	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): to-thèu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtour
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (到頭兒／到头儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàotóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtourl
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ tau⁴
    • Yale: dou tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: to-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: do teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do⁴ teu²
    • IPA: /to⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/

Verb

到頭

1. (physical and figuratively) to reach the end; to come to an end

Derived terms

一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu) 到頭來／到头来 (dàotóulái)

善惡到頭終有報／善恶到头终有报 恩愛夫妻不到頭／恩爱夫妻不到头

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
到	頭
とう Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːto̞ː]

Adverb

到頭 (hiragana とうとう, rōmaji tōtō)

1. finally; at last; reaching a head

   とうとう春 (はる)が来 (き)た。

   Tōtō haru ga kita.

   Spring is finally here.

Synonyms

• 遂 (つい)に (tsui ni)