槓頭

Chinese

		carrying pole; horizontal bar	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (槓頭)		槓	頭
simp. (杠头)		杠	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàngtóu
    • Wade–Giles: kang⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: gàng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganqtour
    • Palladius: гантоу (gantou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ tau⁴
    • Yale: gong tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

槓頭

1. (dated) head pallbearer
2. (figurative, colloquial) someone who loves to argue for the sake of arguing; argumentative person

Synonyms

• (someone who loves to argue for the sake of arguing): (slang, neologism) 槓精／杠精 (gàngjīng)

See also

• 抬槓／抬杠 (táigàng)