看頭

看頭

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (看頭)		看	頭
simp. (看头)		看	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ tau^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ-thâu / khóaⁿ-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kàntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.tou
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (看頭兒／看头儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: kàntour
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.toul
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ tau^4-2
    • Yale: hon táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ teo²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-thâu / khóaⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-thâu / khuánn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoartaau, qvoaftaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/, /kʰuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/, /kʰuã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ¹³/, /kʰuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/, /kʰuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaʊ²³/, /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

看頭

1. qualities that make something worth seeing

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 睇頭／睇头

Derived terms

有看頭／有看头 (yǒukàntou)

沒看頭／没看头