彩頭

Chinese

		(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (彩頭/綵頭)		彩/綵	頭
simp. (彩头)		彩	头
anagram		頭彩／头彩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎitóu

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² tau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhái-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): cai² tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎitóu → cǎitou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄘㄞˇ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎito̊u
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: tsǎi-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae.tour
  - Palladius: цайтоу (cajtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi² tau⁴
  - Yale: chói tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi² teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai² tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

彩頭

good luck in business, contests, or lotteries
(Southern Min) sign; omen; portent

Synonyms

(omen):

先兆 (xiānzhào)
兆頭 / 兆头 (zhàotou)
前兆 (qiánzhào)
徵候 / 征候 (zhēnghòu)
徵兆 / 征兆 (zhēngzhào)
徵象 / 征象 (zhēngxiàng)
朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
節嵌 / 节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
萌 (literary)
衣食 (ĭ-sĭk) (Eastern Min)
預兆 / 预兆 (yùzhào)

Derived terms

好彩頭 / 好彩头