盼頭

盼頭

Chinese

		to hope for; to long for; to expect	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (盼頭)		盼	頭
simp. (盼头)		盼	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paan³ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): phàn-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pàntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.tou
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: pàntour
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.toul
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paan³ tau⁴
    • Yale: paan tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paan³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pan³ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰäːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: phàn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pharntaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/

Noun

盼頭

1. (colloquial) something hoped for and likely to happen; good prospects

   人哪，活著總得有個盼頭兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   人哪，活着总得有个盼头儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rén na, huó zhe zǒng děi yǒu ge pàntour. [Pinyin]

   People need a thing hoped for in living.

Synonyms

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出息 (chūxi) 出路 (chūlù)

前程 (qiánchéng) 前途 (qiántú)