低頭

See also: 低头

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (低頭)		低	頭
simp. (低头)		低	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dītóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄊㄡˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di¹ tou²
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâi-thèu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): te-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): di¹ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dītóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ditóu
  - Wade–Giles: ti¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: dī-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ditour
  - Palladius: дитоу (ditou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: di¹ tou²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ditou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ tʰəu²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dai¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: dāi tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâi-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: dai^ˊ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dai¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tai̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: te-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: de'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te³³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: di¹ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

低頭

to lower one's head; to bow one's head
(by extension) to submit; to yield; to give in

Synonyms

(lower one's head): (Min Nan) 揞頭／揞头; (Wu) 頭磕落／头磕落

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “lower one's head”): 昂首 (ángshǒu), 仰頭／仰头 (yǎngtóu)

Derived terms

人在屋檐下，不得不低頭 / 人在屋檐下，不得不低头 (rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu)
低頭族 / 低头族 (dītóuzú)
抬頭不見低頭見 / 抬头不见低头见 (táitóu bùjiàn dītóu jiàn)