烏頭

烏頭

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (烏頭)		烏	頭
simp. (乌头)		乌	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ tau^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): o͘-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utour
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ tau^4-2
    • Yale: wū táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ teo²
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: oo-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

烏頭

1. (literary) head of a crow
2. (literary) head with black hair; (figuratively) juniority; youth
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) aconite (Aconitum), especially the Chinese aconite (Aconitum carmichaelii)
4. grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
5. seeds of Euryale ferox (foxnut)
6. (archaic) outer joint on the hindleg of a bull or horse

Derived terms

烏頭白／乌头白 烏頭白馬生角／乌头白马生角 烏頭網／乌头网

烏頭馬角／乌头马角 烏頭鹼／乌头碱 (wūtóujiǎn) 馬角烏頭／马角乌头