到頭

Chinese

		to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (到頭)		到	頭
simp. (到头)		到	头
anagram		頭到／头到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): to-thèu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàotóu
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: dàu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtour
    • Palladius: даотоу (daotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (到頭兒／到头儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàotóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàotóur
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dàu-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtourl
    • Palladius: даотоур (daotour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ tau⁴
    • Yale: dou tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: to-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: do teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do⁴ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /to⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/

Verb

到頭

1. (physical and figuratively) to reach the end; to come to an end

Derived terms

• 一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
• 到頭來／到头来 (dàotóulái)
• 善惡到頭終有報／善恶到头终有报
• 恩愛夫妻不到頭／恩爱夫妻不到头

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
到	頭
とう Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ːto̞ː]

Adverb

到(とう)頭(とう) • (tōtō) 

1. finally; at last; reaching a head

   とうとう春(はる)が来(き)た。

   Tōtō haru ga kita.

   Spring is finally here.

Synonyms

• 遂(つい)に (tsui ni)