做頭髮
Chinese
| to do; to make; to produce | hair on the head | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (做頭髮) | 做 | 頭髮 | |
| simp. (做头发) | 做 | 头发 | |
| Literally: “to do [one’s] hair”. | |||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zuò tóufa
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄈㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuò tóufå
- Wade–Giles: tso4 tʻou2-fa5
- Yale: dzwò tóu-fa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh tour.fa
- Palladius: цзо тоуфа (czo toufa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fä³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zuò tóufǎ
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuò tóufǎ
- Wade–Giles: tso4 tʻou2-fa3
- Yale: dzwò tóu-fǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh tourfaa
- Palladius: цзо тоуфа (czo toufa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Verb
做頭髮
- to do one's hair
- (slang, now dated, neologism, euphemistic, of a person in a relationship) to have an extramarital affair; to cheat on one's partner; to be unfaithful