頭角

頭角

See also: 头角

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (頭角)		頭	角
simp. (头角)		头	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóujiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ gok³
• Min Nan (POJ): thâu-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóujiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjeau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujiǎo
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóujiǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjeaul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujiǎor
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕjaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ gok³
    • Yale: tàuh gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ gog³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-kak
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'kag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² kak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ kak̚³²/

Noun

頭角

1. (figuratively) youngster's talent; brilliance of youth

Derived terms

初露頭角／初露头角 嶄露頭角／崭露头角 (zhǎnlùtóujiǎo) 露頭角／露头角 頭角兒／头角儿

頭角崢嶸／头角峥嵘 頭角嶄然／头角崭然 顯露頭角／显露头角

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭	角
とう Grade: 2	かく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とーかく [tòókákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

頭角 (hiragana とうかく, rōmaji tōkaku)

1. the top of the head

Derived terms

• 頭角 (とうかく)を現 (あらわ)す (tōkaku o arawasu, “distinguish oneself”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN