派頭

Chinese

		clique; school; group clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (派頭)		派	頭
simp. (派头)		派	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàitóu

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paai^3-1 tau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phai-thèu

(Hailu, HRS): pai^ˇ teu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pai⁴ tao²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phài-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): pai³ tao⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵pha-deu / ¹pha-deu₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pàitóu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: pài-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paytour
  - Palladius: пайтоу (pajtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paai^3-1 tau⁴
  - Yale: pāai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paai^3-1 tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pai^3-1 teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯³³⁻⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phai-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: pai teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pai⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰai̯⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pai^ˇ teu
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰai¹¹ tʰeu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pai⁴ tao²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pa̍i-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰai⁴² tʰau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pai⁴ tao² [Phonetic: pai¹ tao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ tʰau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: phài-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phae'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pai³ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phài thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pha-deu
  - MiniDict: pha^去 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pha-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰa³³ dɤ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹pha-deu₂
  - MiniDict: pha^平 deu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pʰɑ⁴⁴ døy/

Noun

派頭

style; manner; appearance; panache

Derived terms

摜派頭 / 掼派头
派頭儂 / 派头侬
派頭媽 / 派头妈

References

“派頭”, 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.
“Entry #2610”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “派头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 438.