過頭

See also: 过头

Chinese

	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (過頭)	過	頭
simp. (过头)	过	头
anagram	頭過／头过

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ tau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ko-thèu

(Hailu, HRS): go^ˇ teu

(Meixian, Guangdong): guo⁴ têu²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): go⁴ tao²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kè-thâu / kèr-thâu / kòe-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòtóu
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: gwò-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohtour
  - Palladius: готоу (gotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ tau⁴
  - Yale: gwo tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: go teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˇ teu
  - Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹ tʰeu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guo⁴ têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /kuo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: go⁴ tao² [Phonetic: go⁴ lao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geo̍-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁴² ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: go⁴ tao² [Phonetic: go¹ lao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kè-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kea'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-thâu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'taau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê³ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

過頭

to overdo; to go too far; to exceed limits
坐公交車不小心坐過頭 [MSC, trad.]
坐公交车不小心坐过头 [MSC, simp.]
zuò gōngjiāochē bù xiǎoxīn zuò guòtóu [Pinyin]
to miss one's stop on the bus

Adjective

過頭

extreme; excessive

Synonyms

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偏激 (piānjī) (thoughts, attitudes)
太甚 (tàishèn)
太過 / 太过 (tàiguò)
苦 (regional)
過分 / 过分 (guòfèn)
過度 / 过度 (guòdù)
過火 / 过火 (guòhuǒ)
過甚 / 过甚 (guòshèn) (literary)
過當 / 过当 (guòdàng)
過角 / 过角 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms

過頭話 / 过头话

Adverb

過頭

excessively; overdone
她把披薩烤過頭了。 [MSC, trad.]
她把披萨烤过头了。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bǎ pīsà kǎo guòtóu le. [Pinyin]
She overcooked the pizza.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 過龍／过龙

Derived terms

睡過頭 / 睡过头 (shuìguòtóu)

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), “过头”, 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 222.