榔頭

See also: 榔头

Chinese

		phonetic	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (榔頭)		榔	頭
simp. (榔头)		榔	头
alternative forms		鎯頭／𨱍头 狼頭／狼头 桹頭／桹头

Etymology

From 狼頭／狼头 (literally "wolf's head"), based on the shape of a hammer.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lángtou

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴ tau⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶laon-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lángtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lángto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: lang²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: láng-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang.tou
    • Palladius: лантоу (lantou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: lòhng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶laon-deu
    • MiniDict: laon^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³laan-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɑ̃²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

榔頭

1. hammer (often a large one) (Classifier: 把 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錘子 (“hammer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錘子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錘子, 榔頭
	Taiwan	錘子
	Singapore	錘, 鐵錘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	錘子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	釘錘兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	釘錘兒, 錘錘兒
	Wuhan	釘錘, 錘子, 榔頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	榔頭
	Hefei	錘子, 釘錘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錘
	Hong Kong	錘仔, 錘
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	手錘
	Macau	錘
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錘
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	錘仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錘仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錘
	Foshan	錘
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錘
	Foshan (Shunde)	錘
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錘
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錘
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錘
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	普頭
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	錘
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錘
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錘
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錘
	Taishan	錘, 斧頭仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錘
	Enping (Niujiang)	錘
	Heshan (Yayao)	錘
	Dongguan	錘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鐵錘
	Yangjiang	錘仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	錘
Gan	Nanchang	釘錘子
Hakka	Meixian	錘仔, 鐵錘
Jin	Taiyuan	錘子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鐵錘仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鐵錘囝, 鐵錘
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵錘, 鐵釘仔錘, 錘仔, 錘
	Quanzhou	鐵錘, 錘仔, 錘
	Zhangzhou	鐵錘, 鐵釘仔錘, 錘仔, 錘
	Taipei	摃錘仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鐵錘, 錘
	Manila (Hokkien)	鐵錘, 釘錘
	Chaozhou	鐵錘
Wu	Shanghai	榔頭
	Suzhou	榔頭
	Wenzhou	鞋錘兒, 錘兒, 榔頭
Xiang	Changsha	錘子, 釘錘子, 釘錘
	Shuangfeng	錘子

Derived terms

• 東一榔頭，西一棒槌／东一榔头，西一棒槌

 

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᠯᠠᠩᡨᡠ (langtu)
• → Mongolian: лантуу (lantuu)