頷首

Chinese

		chin; nod assent	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (頷首)		頷	首
simp. (颔首)		颔	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁵ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-shou³
    • Yale: hàn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannshoou
    • Palladius: ханьшоу (xanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁵ sau²
    • Yale: háhm sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁵ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁵ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm¹³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

頷首

1. (literary) to nod (one's head)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 點頭 (“to nod (one's head)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頷首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		點頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	點頭
	Harbin	點頭兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	點頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	點頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	點頭
	Xining	點頭
	Xuzhou	點頭兒, 點頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	點頭
	Ürümqi	點頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	點頭
	Guiyang	點頭
	Liuzhou	點頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	點頭
	Yangzhou	點頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	岌頭
	Hong Kong	岌頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	岌頭
	Macau	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	岌頭
	Foshan	岌頭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	岌頭
	Foshan (Shunde)	岌頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	岌頭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	岌頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	岌頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	岌頭
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	岌頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	岌頭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	岌頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	岌頭
	Taishan	岌頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	岌頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	岌頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	岌頭
	Dongguan	岌頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	岌頭
Gan	Nanchang	點頭, 挫頭, 顉頭
Hakka	Meixian	頷頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	岌頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	岌頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	點頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	岌頭
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	點頭, 頷頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	頷頭
	Wuhua (Changbu)	頷頭
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	頷頭
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	岌頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頷頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頷頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頷頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頷頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頷頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頕頭
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	頷頭
	Singkawang	頷頭
Huizhou	Jixi	點頭
Jin	Taiyuan	點頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	頕頭, 厾頭
	Quanzhou	頕頭, 厾頭
	Jinjiang	頕頭
	Zhangzhou	頕頭, 壋頭
	Taipei	頕頭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	頕頭
	Kaohsiung	頕頭
	Yilan	頕頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	頕頭
	Taichung	頕頭
	Tainan	頕頭
	Hsinchu	頕頭
	Kinmen	頕頭
	Penghu (Magong)	頕頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	頕頭, 點頭
	Shantou	答頭, 點頭
	Shantou (Chenghai)	答頭
	Jieyang	答頭
	Haikou	點頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	岌頭
Wu	Shanghai	點頭
	Suzhou	點頭
	Danyang	點頭