筆頭

See also: 笔头

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (筆頭)		筆	頭
simp. (笔头)		笔	头
anagram		頭筆／头笔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtóu
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻou²
  - Yale: bǐ-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitour
  - Palladius: битоу (bitou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐtóur
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: bǐ-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitourl
  - Palladius: битоур (bitour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: bāt tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

筆頭

tip of a brush; tip of a pen; nib
(figurative) writing skill

Synonyms

(tip of a brush):

筆仔尾 / 笔仔尾 (Hokkien)
筆尖 / 笔尖 (bǐjiān)
筆尖子 / 笔尖子 (bi⁶ zienn¹ zr) (Xiang)
筆端 / 笔端 (bǐduān)

(writing skill):

筆下 / 笔下 (bǐxià)
筆底下 / 笔底下 (bǐdǐxia)
筆頭子 / 笔头子 (bǐtóuzi) (figurative)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筆	頭
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
kan'on

Noun

筆(ひっ)頭(とう) • (hittō)

tip of a brush
the top of a list, the head of a list
the head of a family