兆頭

See also: 兆头

Chinese

		omen; million; million million, trillion	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (兆頭)		兆	頭
simp. (兆头)		兆	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàotou

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiǎu-thâu / tiāu-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàotou
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: jàu-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw.tou
    • Palladius: чжаотоу (čžaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: siuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎu-thâu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diauxtaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

兆頭

1. sign; omen; portent

Synonyms

• 先兆 (xiānzhào)
• 前兆 (qiánzhào)
• 彩頭／彩头 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 徵候／征候 (zhēnghòu)
• 徵兆／征兆 (zhēngzhào)
• 徵象／征象 (zhēngxiàng)
• 朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
• 節嵌／节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
• 萌 (literary)
• 衣食 (ĭ-sĭk) (Eastern Min)
• 預兆／预兆 (yùzhào)