首肯

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth); willing
trad. (首肯)		首	肯
simp. #(首肯)		首	肯
Literally: “to [nod]-head approve”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒukěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-khńg / siú-khéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒukěn [Phonetic: shóukěn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒukěn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-kʻên³
    • Yale: shǒu-kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooukeen
    • Palladius: шоукэнь (šoukɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² hang²
    • Yale: sáu háng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² heng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-khńg
    • Tâi-lô: siú-khńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-khéng
    • Tâi-lô: siú-khíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qeang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

Verb

首肯

1. (literary) to nod approval; to approve; to agree; to consent

Synonyms

• 允諾／允诺 (yǔnnuò)
• 同意 (tóngyì)
• 壋頭／垱头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 批准 (pīzhǔn)
• 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
• 擁護／拥护 (yōnghù)
• 答應／答应 (dāyìng)
• 認可／认可 (rènkě)
• 認同／认同 (rèntóng)
• 贊同／赞同 (zàntóng)
• 贊成／赞成 (zànchéng)
• 附合 (fùhé) (literary, to echo)
• 附和 (fùhè) (to echo)
• 附議／附议 (fùyì)
• 點頭／点头 (diǎntóu) (figurative)

 

Antonyms

• 回絕／回绝 (huíjué)
• 屏絕／屏绝 (bǐngjué)
• 拒 (jù) (formal, or in compounds)
• 拒絕／拒绝 (jùjué)
• 摒絕／摒绝 (bìngjué)