線頭

Chinese

		thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (線頭/綫頭)		線/綫	頭
simp. (线头)		线	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ tau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): siáng-tàu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòaⁿ-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàntóu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: syàn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianntour
    • Palladius: сяньтоу (sjanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³ tau⁴
    • Yale: sin tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siáng-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòaⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: suànn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoartaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

線頭

1. end of a thread
2. odd piece of thread; bit of thread