包頭

See also: 包头

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâu-thèu
Eastern Min (BUC): bău-tàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pau-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): bao¹ tao⁵
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): bau¹ dou²

(Loudi, Wiktionary): beu¹ ddieu^2*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baotóu
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: bāu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bautour
  - Palladius: баотоу (baotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāotóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baotóur
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: bāu-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bautourl
  - Palladius: баотоур (baotour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

Note: Erhuayin for “toecap" sense only.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baau¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: bāau tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˊ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pau̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bău-tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: pau-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pau'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bao¹ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pau thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bau¹ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯³³ təu̯¹³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: beu¹ ddieu^2*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤ⁴⁴ di̯ɤ¹³⁻³³/

Etymology 1

		to wrap	head
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Verb

包頭

to wrap one's head (in a turban, etc.)

Derived terms

包頭佬 / 包头佬 (bāotóulǎo)

See also

纏頭／缠头 (chántóu)

Noun

包頭

Etymology 2

		to undertake	leader
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Noun

包頭

foreman contracted for a project
- 1991 May, 李克钧, quoting 秦忠策, “秦忠策畅谈竞争和承包”, in 飞栈连云是坦途李克钧新闻作品选, Kunming: Yunnan University Press, →ISBN, page 341:
  
  個人承包的多，包頭弄大錢，工人弄飯錢，這不是搞社會主義；我們是堅持集體承包，三家關係處理得當。 [MSC, trad.]
  个人承包的多，包头弄大钱，工人弄饭钱，这不是搞社会主义；我们是坚持集体承包，三家关系处理得当。 [MSC, simp.]
  Gèrén chéngbāo de duō, bāotóu nòng dàqián, gōngrén nòng fànqián, zhè bùshì gǎo shèhuì zhǔyì; wǒmen shì jiānchí jítǐ chéngbāo, sān jiā guānxì chùlǐ dédāng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

		packet	header
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Noun

包頭

(networking) packet header

Etymology 4

		phonetic
trad. (包頭)		包	頭
simp. (包头)		包	头

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ (buɣutu), from ᠪᠤᠭᠤ (buɣu, “deer”) / буга (buga) + -ᠲᠤ (-tu, “place where ... is”)

Proper noun

包頭

(～市) Baotou (a prefecture-level city, the largest city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China)

Descendants

→ English: Baotou, Pao-t'ou, Paotow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	頭
ほう Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

包(ほう)頭(とう) • (Hōtō)

Baotou (a prefecture-level city, the largest city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China)

Synonyms

パオトウ (Paotō)