頭等

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on
trad. (頭等)		頭	等
simp. (头等)		头	等

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuděng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ dang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-téng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuděng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuděng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-têng³
    • Yale: tóu-děng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourdeeng
    • Palladius: тоудэн (toudɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ dang²
    • Yale: tàuh dáng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ deng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tɐŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-téng
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-tíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'deang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴¹/

Adjective

頭等

1. first class; of prime importance

Synonyms

• 一流
• 一見棒／一见棒 (⁷iq-ci-baon) (Wu)
• 上佳 (shàngjiā)
• 上好 (shànghǎo)
• 最佳 (zuìjiā)
• 最好 (zuìhǎo)
• 第好 (Min Nan)
• 首要 (shǒuyào) (attributive)

 

Antonyms

• 最壞／最坏 (zuìhuài)
• 最差 (zuì chà)

 

Derived terms

• 頭等票／头等票
• 頭等艙／头等舱 (tóuděngcāng)