龍頭
See also: 龙头
Chinese
| dragon; imperial; surname | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龍頭) | 龍 | 頭 | |
| simp. (龙头) | 龙 | 头 | |
| Literally: “dragon's head”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lung4 tau4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-thâu / liông-thâu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lon-deu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lóngtóu
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lóngtóu
- Wade–Giles: lung2-tʻou2
- Yale: lúng-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longtour
- Palladius: лунтоу (luntou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nong2 tou2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lungtou
- Sinological IPA (key): /noŋ²¹ tʰəu²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: bicycle handlebar.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lung4 tau4
- Yale: lùhng tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lung4 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: lung4 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- Homophones:
籠頭 / 笼头
龍頭 / 龙头
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-thâu
- Tâi-lô: lîng-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: lengtaau
- IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-thâu
- Tâi-lô: liông-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: liongtaau
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
龍頭
- leader
- leading product
- leading company; market leader
- tap (device controlling flow of water); faucet; spigot that dispenses liquid
- bicycle handlebar
- beginning (head) of a queue
- leading edge (front end) of a mudslide
- figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat
- (archaic, historical) Alternative name for 狀元／状元 (zhuàngyuan, “zhuangyuan, person ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination”).
- (Suzhounese) postage stamp
Synonyms
- (leader):
- 大佬 (dàlǎo)
- 波士 (bo1 si6-2, “boss”) (Cantonese)
- 老大 (lǎodà)
- 老頂 / 老顶 (lou5 ding2) (Cantonese)
- 阿head
- 阿大 (ādà)
- 阿頭 / 阿头
- 領導 / 领导 (lǐngdǎo)
- 領導人 / 领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
- 領導者 / 领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
- 領袖 / 领袖 (lǐngxiù)
- 領頭 / 领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
- 頭 / 头
- 頭仔 / 头仔 (Hakka)
- 頭兒 / 头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
- 頭子 / 头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
- 頭手 / 头手 (Hokkien)
- 頭目 / 头目 (tóumù)
- 頭頭 / 头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
- 首腦 / 首脑 (shǒunǎo)
- 首要 (shǒuyào)
- 首領 / 首领 (shǒulǐng)
Dialectal synonyms of 水龍頭 (“tap; faucet”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 水龍頭, 龍頭 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 水龍頭 |
| Malaysia | 水龍頭 | |
| Singapore | 水龍頭, 水喉 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 龍頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 水龍頭, 龍頭 |
| Guilin | 水龍頭 | |
| Liuzhou | 水喉 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 水喉, 龍頭, 龍喉 |
| Hong Kong | 水喉, 水龍頭 | |
| Dongguan | 水喉 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 水喉 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 龍頭 |
| Lichuan | 水龍頭 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 水龍頭, 水喉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 水龍頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 水龍頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 水龍頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 水撰頭, 水頭 |
| Quanzhou | 水撰頭, 水頭 | |
| Zhangzhou | 水撰頭, 水頭 | |
| Tainan | 水道頭 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 水撰頭, 水撰 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 水龍頭, 水撰頭 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 銅管, 銅管頭 | |
| Shantou | 水喉 | |
| Leizhou | 水喉 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 水龍頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 水龍頭, 龍頭 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 龍頭 | |
| Suzhou | 龍頭 | |
| Danyang | 龍頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 龍頭 | |
| Ningbo | 龍頭 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 龍頭 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Dialectal synonyms of 郵票 (“postage stamp”) [map]