白頭

See also: 白头

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (白頭)		白	頭
simp. (白头)		白	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báitóu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-thô͘ / pe̍k-thiô / pe̍h-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báitóu
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻou²
  - Yale: bái-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtour
  - Palladius: байтоу (bajtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: baahk tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thô͘
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pegtoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pegtiooi
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰio²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɤ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqtaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

白頭

Synonyms

(hoary head): (literary) 皓首 (hàoshǒu)
(old age):

夕陽 / 夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
晚年 (wǎnnián)
暮年 (mùnián)
皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
老年 (lǎonián)
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
遲暮 / 迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
餘年 / 余年 (yúnián)

Derived terms

白頭花草 / 白头花草

Adjective

白頭

(attributive) unsigned; unstamped

Derived terms

少白頭 / 少白头 (shàobáitóu)
楊白頭 / 杨白头
白頭之歎 / 白头之叹
白頭偕老 / 白头偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo)
白頭到老 / 白头到老 (báitóudàolǎo)
白頭吟 / 白头吟
白頭如新 / 白头如新
白頭山 / 白头山 (Báitóushān)
白頭浪 / 白头浪
白頭相守 / 白头相守
白頭翁 / 白头翁 (báitóuwēng)
白頭鵯 / 白头鹎 (báitóubēi)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	頭
しら Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
白	頭
しろ Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しろがしら [shìrógáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

白(しろ)頭(がしら) or 白(しら)頭(がしら) • (shirogashira or shiragashira)

a white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon in Noh
light-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus sinensis

See also

黒頭(くろがしら) (kurogashira): black wig
赤頭(あかがしら) (akagashira): red wig

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	頭
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくとー [hàkútóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟to̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)頭(とう) • (hakutō)

a gray/grey head; a head with gray hair

Derived terms

See also

白頭鳥(ひよどり) (hiyodori)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	頭

Proper noun

白頭 • (Paektu) (hangeul 백두)

hanja form^? of 백두 (“Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”)