頭由

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
trad. (頭由)		頭	由
simp. (头由)		头	由
anagram		由頭／由头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuyóu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-yu²
    • Yale: tóu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touryou
    • Palladius: тоую (touju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 頭油／头油 頭由／头由 投郵／投邮

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: tàuh yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

頭由

1. (dialectal) pretext

Synonyms

• 事由 (shìyóu)
• 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
• 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
• 推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
• 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
• 由頭／由头
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)