座頭

Chinese

		seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (座頭)		座	頭
simp. (座头)		座	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòtou

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòtou
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: dzwò-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.tou
  - Palladius: цзотоу (czotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: joh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

座頭

seat
(Hong Kong) reception at the lobby of a residential building

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
座	頭
ざ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

座 (za, “seat”) +‎ 頭 (tō, “leader”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざとー [zàtóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠to̞ː]

Noun

座(ざ)頭(とう) • (zatō)

blind man

Derived terms

川上座頭(かわかみざとう) (kawakamizatō)
不聞座頭(きかずざとう) (kikazuzatō)
清水座頭(きよみずざとう) (kiyomizuzatō)
瞽女座頭(ごぜざとう) (gozezatō)
座頭金(ざとうがね) (zatōgane)
座頭鯨(ざとうくじら) (zatōkujira, “humpback whale”)
座頭転(ざとうころ)ばし (zatōkorobashi)
座頭虫(ざとうむし) (zatōmushi, “harvestman”)
猿座頭(さるざとう) (saruzatō)
月見座頭(つきみざとう) (tsukimizatō)
花見座頭(はなみざとう) (hanamizatō)
平家座頭(へいけざとう) (heikezatō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
座	頭
ざ Grade: 6	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

座 (za, “seat”) +‎ 頭 (kashira, “leader”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざがしら [zàgáshírá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ざがしら [zàgáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

座(ざ)頭(がしら) • (zagashira)

troupe leader

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN