奔頭

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (奔頭)		奔	頭
simp. (奔头)		奔	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: bèn-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn.tou
    • Palladius: бэньтоу (bɛnʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (奔頭兒／奔头儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèntour
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bènto̊ur
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴-tʻou⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: bèn-tour
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn.toul
    • Palladius: бэньтоур (bɛnʹtour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: bān tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

奔頭

1. (Mainland China, colloquial) something to strive for; prospect

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 奔兒頭／奔儿头 (bēnrtóu).

Derived terms

• 有奔頭／有奔头
• 沒奔頭／没奔头