頭緒

See also: 头绪

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
trad. (頭緒)		頭	緒
simp. (头绪)		头	绪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuxù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ seoi⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-sū / thâu-sǐr / thâu-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóuxù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóusyù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-hsü⁴
  - Yale: tóu-syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshiuh
  - Palladius: тоусюй (tousjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ seoi⁵
  - Yale: tàuh séuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ soey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ sêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-sū
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausu
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² sɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-sī
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² si²²/

Noun

頭緒

clue; inkling
這個問題我也一直在想，但現在還沒理出一個頭緒來。 [MSC, trad.]
这个问题我也一直在想，但现在还没理出一个头绪来。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè ge wèntí wǒ yě yīzhí zài xiǎng, dàn xiànzài hái méi lǐ chū yī ge tóuxù lái. [Pinyin]
I've been thinking about this problem too, but I haven't figured it out yet.
order; sequence
(literary, figurative) state of mind; thoughts
- 心如繅絲綸，輾轉多頭緒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  心如缫丝纶，辗转多头绪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Tang dynasty, 鮑溶, 《秋懷》五首之二
  Xīn rú sāo sīlún, zhǎnzhuǎn duō tóuxù. [Pinyin]
  My heart is like reeling silk from a cocoon, tossing and turning with many thoughts.
- 荊州麥熟繭成蛾，繰絲憶君頭緒多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  荆州麦熟茧成蛾，缲丝忆君头绪多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Tang dynasty, 李白, 《荊州歌》
  Jīngzhōu mài shú jiǎn chéng é, sāosī yì jūn tóuxù duō. [Pinyin]
  In Jingzhou, when the wheat is ripe, when the silkworm cocoons become moths, I was spinning silk and thinking of you, and my thoughts were many.
- 身如病鶴翅翎短，心似亂絲頭緒多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  身如病鹤翅翎短，心似乱丝头绪多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Song dynasty, 黃庭堅, 《次韻王稚川客舍》二首之二
  Shēn rú bìng hè chìlíng duǎn, xīn sì luàn sī tóuxù duō. [Pinyin]
  My body is as an ill crane with short wings; my heart is like jumbled silk, full of thoughts.

Synonyms

(clue):

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徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
意思
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
眉目 (méimu)
端倪 (duānní)
線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

(order):

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工序 (gōngxù) (work procedure)
序次 (xùcì)
條理／条理 (tiáolǐ)
次序 (cìxù)
步數／步数 (Min Nan)
步驟／步骤 (bùzhòu)
治安 (zhì'ān) (public order)
秩序 (zhìxù) (usually public order)
程序 (chéngxù)
節次／节次 (jiécì)
編次／编次 (biāncì)
順序／顺序 (shùnxù)

Derived terms