想頭

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (想頭)		想	頭
simp. (想头)		想	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngtou

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: syǎng-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang.tou
    • Palladius: сянтоу (sjantou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² tau⁴
    • Yale: séung tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

想頭

1. (colloquial) idea; thought
2. (colloquial) hope

Synonyms

• (idea):

• 主意
• 心念 (xīnniàn)
• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 念頭／念头 (niàntou)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 意念 (yìniàn)
• 想法
• 理念 (lǐniàn)
• 諗法／谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
• 點子／点子 (diǎnzi)