石頭

See also: 石头

Chinese

rock; stone; 10 pecks head; (noun suffix)
trad. (石頭)
simp. (石头)

Pronunciation


Note: In some Cantonese dialects, the /tʰɐu/ pronunciation of in 石頭 changes to /kʰɐu/ because of progressive assimilation to the coda -k in .

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (7)
Final () (123) (137)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzyek duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/ /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛk̚/ /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæk̚/ /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajk̚/ /dəw/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛk̚/ /du/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛk̚/ /dəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛk̚/ /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí tóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sik6 tau4

Noun

石頭

  1. stone; rock (Classifier: m c;  c)
    心裡石頭 [MSC, trad.]
    心里石头 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīnlǐ yī kuài shítou luò le dì. [Pinyin]
    That's a load off my mind. (lit. "a stone in my heart fell to the ground")

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いし
Grade: 1
あたま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Comparable to Indonesian kepala batu (stubborn, literally stone head).

Noun

(いし)(あたま) • (ishiatama) 

  1. a head as hard as a stone
  2. stubbornness and inflexibility
  3. an inflexible person

References

  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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