針頭

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (針頭)		針	頭
simp. (针头)		针	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhentóu
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: jēn-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentour
  - Palladius: чжэньтоу (čžɛnʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēntóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhentóur
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: jēn-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentourl
  - Palladius: чжэньтоур (čžɛnʹtour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: jām tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamtaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

針頭

tip of a needle; needle head; pinhead
(by extension) needle, especially a syringe needle

Synonyms

(tip of a needle): 針尖兒／针尖儿 (zhēnjiānr); (Hokkien) 針尾／针尾; (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) 針尖尖／针尖尖; (dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) 針尖子／针尖子