頭顱
See also: 头颅
Chinese
| head; (noun suffix) | forehead; skull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (頭顱) | 頭 | 顱 | |
| simp. (头颅) | 头 | 颅 | |
Etymology
According to Schuessler (2007), cognate with 髑髏 (OC *doːɡ roː, “skull”) and 𩑒顱 (MC dak|traek|trhaek lu, “skull”). The word is reminiscent of Mizo lu ro (“skull”) (lit. "dried head") and Mizo lu ruh (“skull”) (lit. "head-bone"), just as in Chinese the first syllable is "head". The second syllable, 顱 (OC *b·raː), is likely a reduplication syllable beginning with *r/*l. See 髑髏／髑髅 (dúlóu) for more.
Note this compound is attested earlier than 顱／颅 (lú).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tau4 lou4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tóulú
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóulú
- Wade–Giles: tʻou2-lu2
- Yale: tóu-lú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourlu
- Palladius: тоулу (toulu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau4 lou4
- Yale: tàuh lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: teo4 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-lô͘
- Tâi-lô: thâu-lôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: tauloo
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ¹³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tao5 lu5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu lû
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Middle Chinese: duw lu
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*doː b·raː/
Noun
頭顱
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“head”) [map]