麵頭

麵頭

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		flour; noodles	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (麵頭/麪頭)		麵/麪	頭
simp. (面头*)		面	头

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miàntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàntóu
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: myàn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianntour
    • Palladius: мяньтоу (mjanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

麵頭

1. (dialectal Mandarin) leavening dough

Synonyms

• 麵肥／面肥 (miànfěi)
• 老麵／老面 (lǎomiàn)
• 酵子 (jiàozǐ)
• 引酵 (yǐnjiào)

Pronunciation 2

		flour; noodles	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (麵頭/麪頭)		麵/麪	頭
simp. (面头*)		面	头

• Min Nan (POJ): mī-thâu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tong'an, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: mī-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixtaau
    • IPA (Kinmen): /mĩ²²⁻¹² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /mĩ²²⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

麵頭

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kinmen Hokkien) Chinese steamed bun (without filling); mantou

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 饅頭 (“steamed bun (without filling)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		饅頭
Mandarin	Beijing	饅頭
	Taiwan	饅頭
	Harbin	饅頭
	Yantai (Muping)	捲子, 饅頭
	Jinan	饅頭, 饃饃, 捲子
	Xi'an	饃, 蒸饃
	Yinchuan	饃饃, 蒸饃
	Lanzhou	饃饃
	Xining	饃饃
	Ürümqi	饃饃
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	饃饃, 饅頭
	Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	饃饃
	Ürümqi County (Banfanggou)	饃饃
	Wuhan	饃饃, 饅頭
	Chengdu	饅頭
	Guiyang	饅頭
	Guilin	饅頭
	Liuzhou	饅頭
	Yangzhou	饅頭
	Nanjing	饅頭
	Hefei	饃, 大饃
	Yanping	饅頭
	Singapore	饅頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	饅頭
	Hong Kong	饅頭
	Dongguan	饅頭
	Yangjiang	饅頭
	Beihai	饅頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	饅頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	饅頭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	饅頭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	饅頭
	Móng Cái	饅頭
Gan	Nanchang	饃饃, 饅頭
	Lichuan	饃饃
	Pingxiang	饃饃, 饅頭
Hakka	Meixian	饅頭
	Yudu	饅頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	饅頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	饅頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	饅頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	饅頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	饅頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	饅頭
Huizhou	Jixi	饅頭
Jin	Taiyuan	饃饃, 蒸饃
	Xinzhou	饃饃
Min Bei	Jian'ou	饃饃
	Jianyang	饃饃
	Pucheng (Shibei)	饃饃
Min Dong	Fuzhou	饃饃, 饅頭
Min Nan	Xiamen	麵頭, 饅頭
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	麵頭
	Quanzhou	麵頭, 饅頭
	Zhangzhou	饅頭
	Taipei	饅頭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung	饅頭
	Yilan	饅頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	饅頭
	Taichung	饅頭
	Tainan	饅頭
	Hsinchu	饅頭
	Kinmen	麵頭
	Penghu (Magong)	麵包
	Penang (Hokkien)	饅頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	饅頭
	Chaozhou	饅頭
	Shantou	饅頭
	Wenchang	饅頭
	Haikou	饅頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	饅頭
Wu	Shanghai	饅頭, 淡饅頭
	Suzhou	饅頭, 大包子饅頭, 實心饅頭
	Danyang	饅頭
	Hangzhou	饅頭
	Ningbo	饅頭
	Wenzhou	實心包
	Jinhua	饅頭
Xiang	Changsha	饅頭
	Loudi	饃饃
	Shuangfeng	饃饃, 饅頭

Pronunciation 3

		flour; noodles	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (麵頭/麪頭)		麵/麪	頭
simp. (面头*)		面	头
alternative forms		饅頭／馒头

• Min Nan (POJ): bīn-thâu / mī-thâu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixntaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: mī-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixtaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

麵頭

1. (Hokkien) mantou used during the hundredth day commemoration of one's parent's death

Pronunciation 4

		flour; noodles	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (麵頭/麪頭)		麵/麪	頭
simp. (面头*)		面	头

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bīn-thâu

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: mihn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixntaau
    • IPA (Philippines): /bin⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

Noun

麵頭

1. (Philippines Hokkien, archaic in Cantonese) bread

   • 去買麵頭二個麥糠麵頭三個 [Cantonese, trad.]
     去买面头二个麦糠面头三个 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, page 160

     heoi³ maai⁵ min⁶ tau⁴ ji⁶ go³ mak⁶ hong¹ min⁶ tau⁴ saam¹ go³ [Jyutping]

     Go and buy two loaves of bread, and also three loaves of bran bread.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麵包 (“bread”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麵包
Mandarin	Beijing	麵包
	Taiwan	麵包
	Tianjin	麵包
	Tangshan	麵包
	Cangzhou	麵包
	Baoding	麵包
	Shijiazhuang	麵包
	Chifeng	麵包
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	麵包
	Harbin	麵包, 列巴
	Shenyang	麵包
	Qingdao	麵包
	Jinan	麵包
	Zhengzhou	麵包
	Xi'an	麵包
	Yinchuan	麵包
	Lanzhou	麵包
	Xining	麵包
	Ürümqi	麵包, 列巴
	Wuhan	麵包
	Chengdu	麵包
	Guiyang	麵包
	Kunming	麵包
	Guilin	麵包
	Liuzhou	麵包
	Shanglin (Sanli)	烤包
	Xuzhou	麵包
	Yangzhou	麵包
	Nanjing	麵包
	Hefei	麵包
	Nantong	麵包
	Singapore	麵包
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	合列巴
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	合列巴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麵包
	Hong Kong	麵包, 包
	Taishan	麵包
	Beihai	麵包
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	麵包, 𥹘𫗗
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	麵包
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	燒包
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	麵包, 羅啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	麵包, 羅啲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	麵包
	Móng Cái	麵包, 𥹘𫗗
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麵包, 麭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麵包, 麭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麵包, 麭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麵包, 麭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麵包, 麭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麵包, 麭
	Sabah (Bao'an)	麵包
	Senai (Huiyang)	羅啲
	Singkawang	羅啲
Huizhou	Shexian	麵包
Jin	Taiyuan	麵包
	Xinzhou	麵包
	Linhe	麵包
	Jining	麵包
	Hohhot	麵包
	Zhangjiakou	麵包
	Handan	麵包
Min Dong	Fuzhou	麵包
	Matsu	麵包
Min Nan	Xiamen	麵包
	Quanzhou	麵包
	Zhangzhou	麵包
	Taipei	麭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	麭, 麵包
	Kaohsiung	麭, 麵包
	Yilan	麵包
	Changhua (Lukang)	麭
	Taichung	麭, 麵包
	Tainan	麭
	Hsinchu	麭
	Kinmen	麵包, 麭
	Penghu (Magong)	麭
	Penang (Hokkien)	羅啲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	羅啲
	Manila (Hokkien)	麵頭, 麵包
	Jieyang	酸包
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	麵包, 羅啲
	Singapore (Teochew)	羅啲
	Wenchang	麵包
	Singapore (Hainanese)	羅啲
Wu	Shanghai	麵包

Derived terms

麵頭店／面头店