抬頭
See also: 抬头 and 台頭
Chinese
Etymology 1
| to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (抬頭/擡頭) | 抬/擡 | 頭 | |
| simp. (抬头) | 抬 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
抬⫽頭 (verb-object)
- to look up; to raise one's head
- 抬頭吧，相信愛你便能飛！ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 陳奕迅 (Eason Chan), 《今日》
- toi4 tau4 baa6, soeng1 seon3 oi3 nei5 bin6 nang4 fei1! [Jyutping]
- Look high! When you believe in love, you can soar in the sky!
抬头吧，相信爱你便能飞！ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
- (figuratively) to gain ground; to take hold (again)
- 顯然在目前失業率高漲以及人民意識抬頭下，經濟學家竭盡思索，基本收入究竟是讓人性發揮該有價值或走向依賴之路。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
- From: 17 October 2016, 全民基本收入之爭：是當米蟲的藉口，還是鼓勵工作的動力？, 傑瑞, 報橘
- Xiǎnrán zài mùqián shīyèlǜ gāozhàng yǐjí rénmín yìshì táitóu xià, jīngjìxuéjiā jiéjìn sīsuǒ, jīběn shōurù jiūjìng shì ràng rénxìng fāhuī gāi yǒu jiàzhí huò zǒuxiàng yīlài zhī lù. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
显然在目前失业率高涨以及人民意识抬头下，经济学家竭尽思索，基本收入究竟是让人性发挥该有价值或走向依赖之路。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
- (figuratively, in traditional letters) to leave a space for, or to write on a new line, the name of or words related to a revered person
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 抬頭 (“to look up; to raise one's head; to lift one's head”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抬頭, 昂首, 昂頭 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 抬頭 |
| Taiwan | 抬頭 | |
| Tianjin | 抬頭 | |
| Chengde | 抬頭兒 | |
| Tangshan | 抬頭兒 | |
| Cangzhou | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Baoding | 抬頭 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 抬頭 | |
| Chifeng | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Heihe | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Qiqihar | 抬頭 | |
| Harbin | 抬頭 | |
| Jiamusi | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Baicheng | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Changchun | 抬頭 | |
| Tonghua | 抬頭 | |
| Shenyang | 抬頭, 仰面 | |
| Dandong | 抬頭, 揚頭 | |
| Jinzhou | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰臉 | |
| Dalian | 抬頭 | |
| Yantai | 仰頭, 仰臉兒 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 抬頭 | |
| Qingdao | 抬頭, 仰起頭 | |
| Lijin | 抬頭, 揚頭 | |
| Zhucheng | 抬頭 | |
| Jinan | 抬頭 | |
| Jining | 抬頭 | |
| Luoyang | 抬頭 | |
| Wanrong | 抬等腦 | |
| Shangqiu | 抬頭, 揚頭, 揚臉 | |
| Yuanyang | 抬頭 | |
| Zhengzhou | 仰頭 | |
| Lingbao | 抬頭 | |
| Xinyang | 抬頭 | |
| Baihe | 抬頭 | |
| Hanzhong | 抬頭 | |
| Xi'an | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面 | |
| Baoji | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面 | |
| Yinchuan | 抬頭 | |
| Tianshui | 抬頭 | |
| Lanzhou | 抬頭 | |
| Dunhuang | 抬頭 | |
| Xining | 抬頭 | |
| Hami | 抬頭 | |
| Ürümqi | 抬頭 | |
| Wuhan | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面, 揚頭 | |
| Yichang | 抬頭 | |
| Xiangyang | 抬頭 | |
| Tianmen | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面, 昂頭 | |
| Hong'an | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰腦殼 | |
| Chengdu | 抬腦殼, 抬頭, 揚起腦殼, 把腦殼望起 | |
| Nanchong | 抬頭, 抬起腦殼 | |
| Dazhou | 望腦殼 | |
| Hanyuan | 抬起腦殼 | |
| Xichang | 抬頭 | |
| Zigong | 抬腦殼, 望腦殼 | |
| Chongqing | 昂頭, 望起腦殼 | |
| Guiyang | 抬頭, 抬起腦殼 | |
| Zunyi | 抬頭, 抬腦殼兒 | |
| Bijie | 抬頭, 抬腦殼 | |
| Liping | 昂腦殼 | |
| Zhaotong | 抬頭 | |
| Dali | 抬頭 | |
| Kunming | 抬頭 | |
| Mengzi | 抬頭 | |
| Guilin | 抬頭 | |
| Liuzhou | 抬頭, 昂頭, 仰頭 | |
| Jishou | 抬頭 | |
| Changde | 抬起腦殼 | |
| Anqing | 抬頭 | |
| Xuzhou | 抬頭, 𠽒頭, 𠽒臉兒, 揚頭, 揚臉兒 | |
| Fuyang | 抬頭 | |
| Wuhu | 抬頭 | |
| Yangzhou | 抬頭 | |
| Lianyungang | 抬頭, 仰臉 | |
| Nanjing | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Hefei | 抬頭 | |
| Nantong | 抬頭 | |
| Singapore | 抬頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 |
| Hong Kong | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 提頭 | |
| Macau | 擔頭 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 擔高頭, 昂高頭 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 擔高頭 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 擔高頭 | |
| Foshan | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 𩓥高頭 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 擔高頭 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 𩓥高頭 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 𩓥頭 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 擔高頭 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 擔頭 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 𩓥高頭 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 擔高頭 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 擔高頭 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 𩓥起頭 | |
| Taishan | 𩓥起頭 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 𩓥起頭 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 𩓥起頭 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 𩓥高頭 | |
| Dongguan | 擔高頭 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 𩓥高頭 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 抬頭 |
| Lichuan | 抬頭 | |
| Pingxiang | 擔起腦殼, 望起腦殼 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 臥頭 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 𩓥高頭 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 擔高頭 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 擔起頭 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 擔高頭 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 抬起頭 | |
| Yudu | 擔起腦蓋 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 擎頭 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 擎頭 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 擎頭 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 擎頭 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 擎頭 | |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 抬頭, 抬起頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 抬頭, 抬起頭, 仰頭 |
| Yangyuan | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Datong | 抬頭 | |
| Xinzhou | 擔起頭, 擔起得腦 | |
| Lishi | 抬頭, 仰腦 | |
| Linfen | 抬得腦 | |
| Changzhi | 抬頭, 抬得腦 | |
| Linhe | 抬頭 | |
| Jining | 抬頭 | |
| Hohhot | 抬頭 | |
| Erenhot | 抬頭 | |
| Pingshan | 仰頭 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 抬頭, 仰頭 | |
| Handan | 抬頭 | |
| Linzhou | 揚頭 | |
| Suide | 抬頭 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 頭𩓥懸去, 頭𩓥起 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 揭頭 |
| Quanzhou | 揭頭 | |
| Zhangzhou | 揭頭 | |
| Leizhou | 擔頭 | |
| Haikou | 擔頭 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 擔頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 抬頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 抬頭 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 抬頭 | |
| Suzhou | 抬頭, 𩓥起頭 | |
| Danyang | 抬頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 抬頭 | |
| Ningbo | 頭抬起 | |
| Wenzhou | 頭㑚起 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 擔起腦殼 |
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
| to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (抬頭/擡頭) | 抬/擡 | 頭 | |
| simp. (抬头) | 抬 | 头 | |
| alternative forms | 台頭／台头 | ||
Phono-semantic matching of English title. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
抬頭
- space on bills or receipts for writing the name of the payee or buyer