鰲頭

鰲頭

Chinese

		sea turtle	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鰲頭)		鰲	頭
simp. (鳌头)		鳌	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): gô-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: áotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aurtour
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ teo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: gô-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goi'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /go²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /go²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /go¹³⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /go²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gɤ²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

鰲頭

1. (literally) head of the legendary sea-turtle
2. (figuratively) the first place

Derived terms

佔鰲頭／占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭／独占鳌头

鰲頭獨佔／鳌头独占