苗頭

Chinese

		sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (苗頭)		苗	頭
simp. (苗头)		苗	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miáotou

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu-thiô / biâu-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶miau-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miáotou
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáoto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: miao²-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: myáu-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau.tou
  - Palladius: мяотоу (mjaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: mìuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: biâu-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biau'tiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: biâu-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biau'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶miau-deu
  - MiniDict: miau^去 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³miau-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɔ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

苗頭

symptom of a trend; first signs

Synonyms

傾向／倾向
動向／动向 (dòngxiàng)
取向 (qǔxiàng)
意味 (yìwèi)
方向 (fāngxiàng)
潮流 (cháoliú)
走向 (zǒuxiàng)
趨勢／趋势 (qūshì)
趨向／趋向 (qūxiàng)

Derived terms

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