自頭
Chinese
from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since |
head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (自頭) | 自 | 頭 | |
| simp. (自头) | 自 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-thâu / chīr-thiô
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-thâu
- Tâi-lô: tsū-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuxtaau
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-thiô
- Tâi-lô: tsīr-thiô
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Adverb
自頭
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) from the start; from the beginning; from the get-go
Synonyms
Verb
自頭
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to start from oneself (used in mahjong or other games in rolling a die to decide who goes first)
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “自頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- “自頭”, 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.