戶頭

See also: 户头

Chinese

		a household; door; family	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (戶頭)		戶	頭
simp. (户头)		户	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hùtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǒ͘-thâu / hō͘-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hùtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hùtóu
  - Wade–Giles: hu⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: hù-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhtour
  - Palladius: хутоу (xutou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: wuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒ͘-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: hǒo-thâu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-deu
  - MiniDict: wu^去 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

戶頭

bank account
(Shanghainese) client; customer
- 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 28:
  
  搿家公司是阿拉個大戶頭，一定要幫我照顧好。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
  搿家公司是阿拉个大户头，一定要帮我照顾好。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁸geq-ka ¹kon-sy ⁶zy ⁷aq-la ⁸gheq ⁶du-wu-deu ⁷iq-din ⁵iau ¹paon ⁶ngu ⁵tsau-ku ⁵hau [Wugniu]
  This company is a big client of ours, make sure you take good care of them.

Synonyms

口座 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
賬戶 / 账户 (zhànghù)
銀行賬戶 / 银行账户 (yínháng zhànghù)

Derived terms

共同戶頭 / 共同户头 (gòngtóng hùtóu)

References

(Min Nan) “戶頭”, 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.