話頭

話頭

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (話頭)		話	頭
simp. (话头)		话	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ōe-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huàtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahtour
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: huàtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahtourl
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: wah tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /waː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: uē-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oextaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

話頭

1. thread of discourse; subject under discussion
2. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) starting portion of one's speech
3. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) utterance; speech; discourse

Synonyms

• (utterance): 話語／话语 (huàyǔ)

Derived terms

踏話頭／踏话头