掉頭
See also: 掉头
Chinese
| to drop; to fall | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (掉頭) | 掉 | 頭 | |
| simp. (掉头) | 掉 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: diàotóu
- Wade–Giles: tiao4-tʻou2
- Yale: dyàu-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawtour
- Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: diu6 tau4
- Yale: diuh tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: diu6 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: diu6 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-thâu
- Tâi-lô: tiāu-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: diauxtaau
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
掉頭
- to turn one's head (away); to turn tail
- 世人聞此皆掉頭，有如東風射馬耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 749, Li Bai（李白）,《答王十二寒夜獨酌有懷》, tr. Xu Yuanchong
- Shìrén wén cǐ jiē diàotóu, yǒurú dōngfēng shè mǎ ěr. [Pinyin]
- Hearing of this, people would turn their heads away,
Just as a horse with ears hurt by east wind would neigh.
世人闻此皆掉头，有如东风射马耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)