前頭

前頭

See also: 前头

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (前頭)		前	頭
simp. (前头)		前	头
anagram		頭前／头前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiántou

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chiân-thâu / chiân-thiô / chûiⁿ-thâu / chêng-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiántou
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan.tou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: chìhn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuînn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvui'taau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/

Adverb

前頭

1. in front; at the head; ahead; above; first

   我把醜話說在前頭，你可別不高興。 [MSC, trad.]
   我把丑话说在前头，你可别不高兴。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bǎ chǒuhuà shuō zài qiántou, nǐ kě bié bù gāoxìng. [Pinyin]

   Let me say these frank words first; please don't be offended by them.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 頭陣／头阵

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	頭
まえ Grade: 2	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

前頭 (hiragana まえがしら, rōmaji maegashira)

1. (sumo) maegashira, the rank and file athletes in the makuuchi upper division of professional sumo, below the named sanyaku ranks and above the juryo intermediate division