水頭

Chinese

water; river head; (noun suffix)
trad. (水頭)
simp. (水头)
anagram 頭水头水

Pronunciation 1


Noun

水頭

  1. water conservancy head
  2. flood peak; peak of flow
  3. (nautical, informal) bosun; boatswain
  4. (Cantonese) money
Synonyms
  • (boatswain): 水手長水手长

Pronunciation 2


Noun

水頭

  1. (Hokkien) source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead (of a river, brook, etc.)
  2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) tap; faucet
Synonyms
  • (source of a river): 水源 (shuǐyuán); (literary, or in compounds) (yuán), 源頭源头 (yuántóu)

Proper noun

水頭

  1. () Shuitou, Fujian (a town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China)