掉頭

See also: 掉头

Chinese

		to drop; to fall	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (掉頭)		掉	頭
simp. (掉头)		掉	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàotóu
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: dyàu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawtour
  - Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: diuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diauxtaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

掉頭

to turn one's head (away); to turn tail
to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)

Synonyms

(to turn's one head): 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu), 回頭／回头 (huítóu), 回首 (huíshǒu); (Hakka, Min Nan) 斡頭／斡头
(to make a U-turn):

U轉／U转 (yōu zhuǎn) (Malaysia, Singapore)
調頭／调头 (diàotóu)
跋頭／跋头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
踅頭／踅头 (Hokkien)
轉頭／转头

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