彩頭

Chinese

		(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (彩頭/綵頭)		彩/綵	頭
simp. (彩头)		彩	头
anagram		頭彩／头彩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎitóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² tau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai² tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎitóu → cǎitou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄘㄞˇ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎito̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: tsǎi-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae.tour
    • Palladius: цайтоу (cajtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² tau⁴
    • Yale: chói tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshái-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai² tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

彩頭

1. good luck in business, contests, or lotteries
2. (Southern Min) sign; omen; portent

Synonyms

• (omen):

• 先兆 (xiānzhào)
• 兆頭／兆头 (zhàotou)
• 前兆 (qiánzhào)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 好彩頭／好彩头