藠頭

Chinese

			head; (noun suffix)
trad. (藠頭)		藠	頭
simp. (藠头)		藠	头
alternative forms		蕎頭／荞头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàotou

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu² tau⁴ / kiu⁵ tau⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): qieu⁵ teu
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiêu-thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kiau¹ têu²

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau⁵ dou² / jiau⁵ dou

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàotou
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàoto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: jyàu-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw.tou
    • Palladius: цзяотоу (czjaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu² tau⁴ / kiu⁵ tau⁴
    • Yale: kíu tàuh / kíuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu² tau⁴ / kiu⁵ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu² teo⁴ / kiu⁵ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /kʰiːu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qieu⁵ teu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɛu¹¹ tʰɛu¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiêu-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˊ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiau¹ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰiau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jiau⁵ dou² / jiau⁵ dou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯¹³/, /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

Noun

藠頭

1. (colloquial) Chinese onion (Allium chinense)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薤 (“Chinese onion”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		薤
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薤
Taxonomic name		薤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藠頭
	Taiwan	蕗蕎
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	藠頭, 三白 dated
	Guiyang	藠頭
	Guilin	藠頭
	Liuzhou	藠頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	藠頭
	Hong Kong	藠頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	藠頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	藠
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	藠
	Dongguan	藠頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	藠頭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	藠頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	藠頭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	藠頭
	Móng Cái	藠頭
Gan	Nanchang	藠頭
	Lichuan	藠仔
	Pingxiang	藠牯
Hakka	Meixian	藠頭, 藠仔
	Xingning	藠哩
	Huidong (Daling)	藠頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	藠頭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	藠頭
	Changting	藠子
	Wuping	藠子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	藠子
	Liancheng	藠頭
	Ninghua	藠子
	Yudu	藠子, 懶屍菜
	Ruijin	藠子
	Shicheng	藠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	藠子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	藠頭, 藠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	藠頭, 藠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	藠頭, 藠仔, 藠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蘆藠
	Hong Kong	藠頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	藠頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	藠仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蓼藠
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕗蕎
	Quanzhou	蕗蕎
	Zhangzhou	蕗蕎
	Taipei	蕗蕎
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蕗蕎
	Kaohsiung	蕗蕎
	Yilan	蕗蕎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕗蕎
	Taichung	蕗蕎
	Tainan	蕗蕎
	Hsinchu	蕗蕎
	Kinmen	蕗蕎
	Penghu (Magong)	蕗蕎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蕗蕎
	Chaozhou	六藠
	Shantou	六藠
	Shantou (Chenghai)	六藠
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	六藠
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	六藠
	Jieyang	六藠, 六藠頭
	Haifeng	六藠
	Bangkok (Teochew)	六藠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	六藠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藠頭
Wu	Linhai	藠菙
	Wenzhou	藠蒜
	Jinhua	蓼藠
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	老藠
Xiang	Changsha	藠頭, 藠頭骨, 藠子
	Loudi	藠頭
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	藠崽腦