揣頭路

Chinese

		to look for	clue; way of doing something
trad. (揣頭路)		揣	頭路
simp. (揣头路)		揣	头路
alternative forms		找頭路／找头路

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhē-thâu-lō͘ / chhōe-thâu-lō͘ / chhēr-thâu-lō͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhē-thâu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshē-thâu-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhextaulo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰe⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhōe-thâu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshuē-thâu-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoextaulo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰue²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhēr-thâu-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshēr-thâu-lōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰə⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/

Verb

揣頭路

1. (Southern Min) to look for a job; to seek employment

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 求職 (“to look for a job; to seek employment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	找工作
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路
	Hong Kong	搵工, 搵嘢做
Hakka	Meixian	尋工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尋頭路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尋頭路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尋頭路
Southern Min	Xiamen	揣頭路, 覓頭路
	Quanzhou	揣頭路
	Zhangzhou	揣頭路
	Tainan	揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT
Wu	Shanghai	尋生意
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)