興頭

See also: 兴头

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (興頭)		興	頭
simp. (兴头)		兴	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ tau⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hing⁴ tao²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hèng-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngtóu → xìngtou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: syìng-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.tour
  - Palladius: синтоу (sintou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngtóur
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: syìng-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtourl
  - Palladius: синтоур (sintour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing³ tau⁴
  - Yale: hing tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hing⁴ tao²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hi̍ng-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁴² tʰau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hing⁴ tao² [Phonetic: hing¹ tao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ tʰau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: hìng-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heangtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

興頭

enthusiasm; zest; zeal; keen interest

Synonyms

(Xiang) 興頭子／兴头子

Derived terms

沒興頭 / 没兴头
空興頭 / 空兴头
興興頭頭 / 兴兴头头

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), “兴头”, 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 267.