調頭

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (調頭)		調	頭
simp. (调头)		调	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ tau⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶diau-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu → diàotou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàoto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: dyàu-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw.tour
  - Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
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/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶diau-deu
  - MiniDict: diau^去 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³diau-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /diɔ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

調頭

(colloquial, derogatory) point of view; argument
(dialectal) tune; melody
(dialectal) manner of speaking

Verb

調頭

to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)

Synonyms

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

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