口頭

See also: 口头

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (口頭)		口	頭
simp. (口头)		口	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒutóu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² tau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khió-thiô / kháu-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): kao² tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒutóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒutóu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tʻou²
  - Yale: kǒu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutour
  - Palladius: коутоу (koutou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒutóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒutóur
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: kǒu-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutourl
  - Palladius: коутоур (koutour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² tau⁴
  - Yale: háu tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: khió-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'tiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'taau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kao² tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Adjective

口頭

(attributive) on the mouth; by mouth
(attributive) oral; spoken; verbal

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “oral”): 書面／书面 (shūmiàn)

Derived terms

口頭傳統 / 口头传统 (kǒutóu chuántǒng)
口頭文學 / 口头文学
口頭禪 / 口头禅 (kǒutóuchán)
口頭語 / 口头语 (kǒutóuyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	頭
こう Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

口(こう)頭(とう) • (kōtō)

oral
- 1948, 豊島与志雄, ヘヤーピン一本:
  手紙(てがみ)が書(か)けないものだから、口頭(こうとう)で礼(れい)を言(い)いに来(き)たんだ。
  Tegami ga kakenai mono dakara, kōtō de rei o ii ni kita n da.
  It's something that can't be expressed in a letter, so I came to thank you in person.