剃頭

Chinese

		shave	head
trad. (剃頭)		剃	頭
simp. (剃头)		剃	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tìtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-thèu
Jin (Wiktionary): ti³ tou¹
Eastern Min (BUC): tié-tàu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thih-thâu / thì-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ti³ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìtóu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: tì-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihtour
  - Palladius: титоу (titou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai³ tau⁴
  - Yale: tai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ti³ tou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxi⁴⁵ tʰxəu¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tié-tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thih-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihtaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thì-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thì-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tie'taau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ti³ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thì thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

剃頭

to have one's hair shaved
to have one's haircut; to have a haircut

Synonyms

(to have one's haircut):

剪髮／剪发 (jiǎnfà)
理髮／理发 (lǐfà)

Dialectal synonyms of 理髮 (“to have a haircut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理髮
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理髮, 剃頭
	Harbin	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Singapore	剪頭髮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	推頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	理髮, 剃頭, 剪頭, 剪頭髮
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	剃頭, 理髮
	Wanrong	推頭, 理髮
	Xi'an	剃頭, 理髮
	Xining	剃頭, 理髮
	Xuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	剃頭, 理髮, 剪腦殼, 砍腦殼 humorous
	Chongqing	理髮, 剃頭
	Wuhan	剃頭, 理髮
	Guiyang	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Liuzhou	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shanglin (Sanli)	飛頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剪頭
	Yangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 理髮
	Hefei	剃頭, 理髮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛髮
	Hong Kong	飛髮, 剪頭髮, 剪髮, 剪頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	磨頭, 剃頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	剃頭
	Macau	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Foshan	飛髮
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛髮
	Foshan (Shunde)	飛髮
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛髮
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	剪髮, 剃頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛髮, 剪髮
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛髮, 剃頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	刮頭, 飛髮
	Taishan	剪毛, 剪頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	刮頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	刮頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	剃頭
	Dongguan	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	剃頭
	Yangjiang	剃頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛髮
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛髮
	Beihai	飛髮
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛髮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飛髮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	剪髮, 飛髮, 理髮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	剪頭髮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飛髮
	Móng Cái	剃頭, 飛髮
Gan	Nanchang	剃頭, 理髮
Gan	Lichuan	剃頭
Hakka	Meixian	飛髮, 飛毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	剃頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剃頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剃頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	剃頭
	Luhe	剃頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剃頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剃頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剃頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	剃頭
	Hong Kong	剃頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪髮
	Singkawang	剪毛
Huizhou	Jixi	剃頭
Jin	Taiyuan	剃頭, 理髮
Jin	Xinzhou	剃頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剃頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭髮 of a female
Southern Min	Xiamen	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Quanzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Jinjiang	剃頭
	Zhangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭鬃 usually of a female
	Tainan	剃頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	剪頭, 剪頭毛
	Chaozhou	剃頭, 剪頭
	Shantou	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Jieyang	剃頭, 鉸毛, 剪毛, 剪頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	剃頭
	Leizhou	剃頭, 車毛
	Haikou	剃頭
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	剃頭
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	剃頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剃頭, 飛髮
Wu	Shanghai	剃頭, 剃頭髮, 軋頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	剃頭
	Suzhou	剃頭
	Danyang	剃頭, 剪頭
	Hangzhou	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭髮 of a female
	Ningbo	剃頭
	Wenzhou	剃頭
	Jinhua	剃頭
Xiang	Changsha	剃頭, 剃頭殼
Xiang	Shuangfeng	剃頭殼

Derived terms