來頭

See also: 来头

Chinese

		to come	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (來頭)		來	頭
simp. (来头)		来	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láitou

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láitou
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láito̊u
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: lái-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai.tou
    • Palladius: лайтоу (lajtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: lòih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'taau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

Noun

來頭

1. connections; backing
2. position; standing
3. reason; cause; motive
4. power; influence
5. interest; fun
6. benefit