搖頭

See also: 摇头

Chinese

		shake; to rock	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (搖頭)		搖	頭
simp. (摇头)		摇	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèu-thèu
Northern Min (KCR): iâu-tê
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yau ⁶deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáotóu
  - Wade–Giles: yao²-tʻou²
  - Yale: yáu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yautour
  - Palladius: яотоу (jaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: yìuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ieu^ˇ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˇ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iâu-tê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³ tʰe³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: iô-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yau ⁶deu
  - MiniDict: yau^去 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhiau ³deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ³³ dɤ²³/

Verb

搖⫽頭 (verb-object)

to shake one's head (to signal disagreement)

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 擰頭／拧头, 揈頭／揈头
(Hokkien) 幌頭／幌头
(Xiang) 搖腦殼／摇脑壳

Antonyms

點頭／点头 (diǎntóu, “to nod one's head; to agree”)

Derived terms