街頭

See also: 街头

Chinese

		street	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (街頭)		街	頭
simp. (街头)		街	头
2nd round simp.		亍头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiētóu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ tau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koe-thâu / ke-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): goi¹ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiētóu → jiētou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄊㄡˊ → ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jieto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: jyē-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie.tour
  - Palladius: цзетоу (czetou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯²/
  - Homophones:
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    接頭 / 接头
    街頭 / 街头
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: gāai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kue-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koe'taau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: ke-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ke'taau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goi¹ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koi thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

街頭

streets; street corner; neighbourhood
街頭小吃／街头小吃 ― jiētóu xiǎochī ― street food

街頭藝人／街头艺人 ― jiētóu yìrén ― street performer

這孩子無所事事，只是在街頭閒盪。 [MSC, trad.]
这孩子无所事事，只是在街头闲荡。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè háizi wúsuǒshìshì, zhǐshì zài jiētóu xiándàng. [Pinyin]
The kid has nothing to do but hang around the street corners.

Derived terms

巷尾街頭 / 巷尾街头
流落街頭 / 流落街头
街頭劇 / 街头剧
街頭小報 / 街头小报
街頭巷尾 / 街头巷尾 (jiētóuxiàngwěi)
街頭巷語 / 街头巷语
街頭市尾 / 街头市尾
街頭採訪 / 街头采访 (jiētóu cǎifǎng)
街頭藝人 / 街头艺人 (jiētóu yìrén)
街頭藝術 / 街头艺术 (jiētóu yìshù)
街頭運動 / 街头运动

Japanese

Kanji in this term
街	頭
がい Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がいとー [gàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ito̞ː]

Noun

街(がい)頭(とう) • (gaitō)

street, street corner; neighbourhood