四字頭

Chinese

		four	radical of a Chinese character when on top; triad society
trad. (四字頭)		四	字頭
simp. (四字头)		四	字头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìzìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ zi⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-jī-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzìtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzìhtóu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: sz̀-dz̀-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzyhtour
    • Palladius: сыцзытоу (syczytou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzìtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzìhtóur
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: sz̀-dz̀-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzyhtourl
    • Palladius: сыцзытоур (syczytour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ zi⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: sei jih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ dzi⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ ji⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ t͡siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-jī-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sù-jī-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suojixtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

四字頭

1. The Chinese character component 罒.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 四字頭 (“Chinese character component 罒”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		四字頭, 扁四頭, 羅字頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	四字頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	四字頭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	四网頭

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “四字頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC