出頭

See also: 出头

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (出頭)		出	頭
simp. (出头^*)		出	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-thèu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): coh⁶ tao² / cuoh⁶ tao²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chutóu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: chū-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chutour
  - Palladius: чутоу (čutou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chutóur
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: chū-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chutourl
  - Palladius: чутоур (čutour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: chēut tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: cud^ˋ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: coh⁶ tao² [Phonetic: coh⁷ tao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheoh-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ tʰau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cuoh⁶ tao² [Phonetic: cuoh⁷ tao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoʔ²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuttaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/

Verb

出頭

to free oneself (from misery, persecution, etc.); to hold up one's head
他們有了出頭的日子。 [MSC, trad.]
他们有了出头的日子。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen yǒu le chūtóu de rìzǐ. [Pinyin]
They can now hold up their heads.
to appear in public and take the initiative; to come forward and take the lead
他要肯出頭，咱們這件事準能成功。 [MSC, trad.]
他要肯出头，咱们这件事准能成功。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yào kěn chūtóu, zánmen zhè jiàn shì zhǔn néng chénggōng. [Pinyin]
If he's willing to come forward and take the lead, we're sure to succeed in this affair.
to have the tip exposed (of an object)
(after numbers) to exceed by a little; to be a little over
三十歲出頭／三十岁出头 ― sānshí suì chūtóu ― a little over thirty years old
(Cantonese, Hokkien) to be outstanding; to succeed (in one's career, etc.)

Synonyms

(to free oneself): 出頭天／出头天 (chūtóutiān)
(to exceed by a little): 冒尖 (màojiān), 冒頭／冒头 (màotóu); (Hokkien) 吐頭／吐头, 較吐／较吐, 出外 (chūwài)
(to be outstanding): 出人頭地／出人头地 (chūréntóudì); (Hokkien) 出人前

Derived terms

出頭之日 / 出头之日
出頭天 / 出头天 (chūtóutiān)
出頭日子 / 出头日子
出頭棍 / 出头棍
出頭椽兒先朽爛 / 出头椽儿先朽烂
出頭歲 / 出头岁
出頭露角 / 出头露角
出頭露面 / 出头露面
出頭鳥 / 出头鸟
打出頭棍 / 打出头棍
打出頭棒子 / 打出头棒子
槍打出頭鳥 / 枪打出头鸟 (qiāng dǎ chūtóuniǎo)
煩惱皆因強出頭 / 烦恼皆因强出头
熬出頭 / 熬出头

Noun

出頭

(Mainland China Hokkien) program; show; repertoire
(Philippine Hokkien) remainder; surplus

Synonyms

(program): 節目／节目 (jiémù)
(remainder): 剩餘／剩余 (shèngyú), 殘餘／残余 (cányú); (literary) 緒餘／绪余 (xùyú); (Hokkien) 出伸, 出剩

References

“出頭”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “出头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 111.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出	頭
しゅつ > しゅっ Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

出(しゅっ)頭(とう) • (shuttō)

presence, appearance
turning oneself in to the police

Verb

出(しゅっ)頭(とう)する • (shuttō suru) suru (stem 出(しゅっ)頭(とう)し (shuttō shi), past 出(しゅっ)頭(とう)した (shuttō shita))

appear, report
turn oneself in to the police

Conjugation

Conjugation of "出頭する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	出頭し	しゅっとうし	shuttō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	出頭し	しゅっとうし	shuttō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	出頭する	しゅっとうする	shuttō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	出頭する	しゅっとうする	shuttō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	出頭すれ	しゅっとうすれ	shuttō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	出頭せよ¹ 出頭しろ²	しゅっとうせよ¹ しゅっとうしろ²	shuttō seyo¹ shuttō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	出頭される	しゅっとうされる	shuttō sareru
Causative	出頭させる出頭さす	しゅっとうさせるしゅっとうさす	shuttō saseru shuttō sasu
Potential	出頭できる	しゅっとうできる	shuttō dekiru
Volitional	出頭しよう	しゅっとうしよう	shuttō shiyō
Negative	出頭しない	しゅっとうしない	shuttō shinai
Negative continuative	出頭せず	しゅっとうせず	shuttō sezu
Formal	出頭します	しゅっとうします	shuttō shimasu
Perfective	出頭した	しゅっとうした	shuttō shita
Conjunctive	出頭して	しゅっとうして	shuttō shite
Hypothetical conditional	出頭すれば	しゅっとうすれば	shuttō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative