碗頭

Chinese

		bowl; cup	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (碗頭)		碗	頭
simp. (碗头)		碗	头
anagram		頭碗／头碗

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ua³ tao² / uann³ tao²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óaⁿ-thâu

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ua³ tao² [Phonetic: ua² lao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uâⁿ-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uann³ tao² [Phonetic: uann¹ nao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: uánn-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voaftaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

Noun

碗頭

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Xianyou Puxian Min) bowl; large bowl; rice bowl
(Puxian Min) bowl toppings or garnish (good ingredients placed on top of a bowl when entertaining guests)

Derived terms

碗頭仔 / 碗头仔

Descendants

→ Tagalog: huwataw

References

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), “碗头”, 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 552.