臨頭

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (臨頭)		臨	頭
simp. (临头)		临	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líntóu
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-tʻou²
    • Yale: lín-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lintour
    • Palladius: линьтоу (linʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: làhm tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limtaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

Verb

臨頭

1. to befall; to happen; to be imminent

Synonyms

• 當頭／当头 (dāngtóu)