座頭

Chinese

		seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (座頭)		座	頭
simp. (座头)		座	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòtou

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: dzwò-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.tou
    • Palladius: цзотоу (czotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: joh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

座頭

1. seat
2. (Hong Kong) reception at the lobby of a residential building

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
座	頭
ざ Grade: 6	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

座 (za, “seat”) +‎ 頭 (tō, “leader”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざと​ー [zàtóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠to̞ː]

Noun

座(ざ)頭(とう) • (zatō) 

1. blind man

Derived terms

• 川上座頭(かわかみざとう) (kawakamizatō)
• 不聞座頭(きかずざとう) (kikazuzatō)
• 清水座頭(きよみずざとう) (kiyomizuzatō)
• 瞽女座頭(ごぜざとう) (gozezatō)
• 座頭金(ざとうがね) (zatōgane)
• 座頭鯨(ざとうくじら) (zatōkujira, “humpback whale”)
• 座頭転(ざとうころ)ばし (zatōkorobashi)
• 座頭虫(ざとうむし) (zatōmushi, “harvestman”)
• 猿座頭(さるざとう) (saruzatō)
• 月見座頭(つきみざとう) (tsukimizatō)
• 花見座頭(はなみざとう) (hanamizatō)
• 平家座頭(へいけざとう) (heikezatō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
座	頭
ざ Grade: 6	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

座 (za, “seat”) +‎ 頭 (kashira, “leader”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざがしら [zàgáshírá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ざが​しら [zàgáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

座(ざ)頭(がしら) • (zagashira) 

1. troupe leader