龜頭

See also: 亀頭 and 龟头

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (龜頭)		龜	頭
simp. (龟头)		龟	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guītóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-thâu / ku-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guītóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueitóu
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: gwēi-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueitour
    • Palladius: гуйтоу (gujtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guītóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueitóur
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwēi-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueitourl
    • Palladius: гуйтоур (gujtour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: gwāi tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kui-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui'taau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ku-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'taau
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

龜頭

1. head of a tortoise or turtle
2. (anatomy) glans penis

   • 打開淫器包兒，先把銀托束其根下，龜頭上使了硫黃圈子，又把胡僧與他的粉紅膏子藥兒，盛在個小銀盒兒內，捏了有一釐半兒，安放在馬眼內。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     打开淫器包儿，先把银托束其根下，龟头上使了硫黄圈子，又把胡僧与他的粉红膏子药儿，盛在个小银盒儿内，捏了有一釐半儿，安放在马眼内。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE

     Dǎ kāi yínqì bāor, xiān bǎ yín tuō shù qí gēn xià, guītóu shàng shǐ le liúhuáng quānzi, yòu bǎ húsēng yǔ tā de fěnhóng gāozǐ yàor, shèng zài ge xiǎo yín hér nèi, niē le yǒu yī lí bànr, ānfàng zài mǎyǎn nèi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龜頭 (“glans penis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龜頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	龜頭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	龜頭
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	脧頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍頭
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍花
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍頭
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍仔
Jin	Xinzhou	㞗頭子
Southern Min	Xiamen	龜頭
	Zhangzhou	雞頭, 鴨頭, 鴨咪
	Zhao'an	龜頭
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞𦉎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞𦉎
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞鳥頭
	Yilan (Luodong)	𡳞𦉎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞鳥頭
	Tainan	𡳞𦉎
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞鳥頭
	Jieyang	𡳞頭
Wu	Shanghai	卵頭, 卵頭子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龜頭):

• → Japanese: 亀頭(きとう) (kitō)
• → Korean: 귀두(龜頭) (gwidu)
• → Vietnamese: quy đầu (龜頭)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
龜	頭
き Hyōgai	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

龜(き)頭(とう) • (kitō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 亀頭 (“glans penis”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
龜	頭

Noun

龜頭 • (gwidu) (hangeul 귀두)

1. hanja form^? of 귀두 (“glans penis”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
龜	頭

Noun

龜頭

1. chữ Hán form of quy đầu (“glans penis”).