大頭

See also: 大头

Chinese

	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (大頭)	大	頭
simp. (大头)	大	头
anagram	頭大／头大

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: dà-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtour
  - Palladius: датоу (datou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: daaih tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-deu
  - MiniDict: du^去 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

大頭

big head
- 大頭大頭，下雨不愁。人家有傘，你有大頭。 [MSC, trad.]
  大头大头，下雨不愁。人家有伞，你有大头。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Part of a well-known nursery rhyme.
  Dàtóu dàtóu, xiàyǔ bù chóu. Rénjiā yǒu sǎn, nǐ yǒu dàtóu. [Pinyin]
  Big head, big head, when it rains you're not worried it's said. Others have umbrellas, you have a big head. (A child might use this jingle to make fun of another child with an unusually large head.)
head mask
person who was ripped off; person deceived on account of his or her generosity; squanderer; spendthrift

Synonyms

(person who was ripped off): 冤大頭／冤大头 (yuāndàtóu)

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tau^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: dà-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtour
  - Palladius: датоу (datou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ tau^4-2
  - Yale: daaih táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-deu
  - MiniDict: du^去 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

大頭

silver dollar with the head of Yuan Shikai (as used in the early years of the Republic of China)
(Cantonese) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)
(Cantonese) zoomed in photograph of one's face

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 袁大頭 (“Yuan Shikai dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		袁大頭, 大頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	袁大頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大頭
	Xining	袁大頭
	Xuzhou	大頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	袁大頭
	Lanzhou	老人頭, 袁大頭
	Ürümqi	袁大頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	袁大頭, 袁大腦殼
	Guiyang	袁大頭, 明山大洋
	Liuzhou	袁頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	大頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	大頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大頭, 袁頭
Cantonese	Dongguan	大頭, 袁頭
Gan	Pingxiang	大腦殼
Hakka	Yudu	大腦蓋
Huizhou	Jixi	袁大頭
Jin	Xinzhou	大得腦兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	大頭, 大袁頭
	Quanzhou	大頭
	Zhangzhou	大頭
Wu	Shanghai	袁大頭, 大頭
	Suzhou	大頭
	Hangzhou	袁大頭, 大頭
	Ningbo	大頭
	Jinhua	大頭

Dialectal synonyms of 鱅魚 (“bighead carp”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鱅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱅, 鱅魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胖頭, 胖頭兒魚
	Chengde	胖頭魚
	Chifeng	大頭鰱子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	胖頭魚, 大頭魚
	Heihe	胖頭魚, 大頭鰱子
	Qiqihar	胖頭
	Harbin	胖頭魚, 胖頭
	Jiamusi	胖頭魚
	Baicheng	胖頭魚
	Changchun	胖頭
	Tonghua	胖頭
	Shenyang	胖頭魚, 鰱子
	Jinzhou	胖頭魚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	胖頭
	Tangshan	胖頭魚
	Cangzhou	胖頭
	Baoding	胖頭魚
	Shijiazhuang	胖頭魚, 大頭魚
	Lijin	大頭鰱
	Jinan	胖頭魚, 大頭魚, 鰱子魚, 鰱子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	胖頭魚
	Dandong	胖頭魚
	Yantai	大頭魚
	Yantai (Muping)	花鰱
	Qingdao	大頭魚
	Zhucheng	大頭魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大頭魚
	Lingbao	大頭魚
	Jining	大頭魚
	Linfen	白鰱
	Shangqiu	胖頭魚
	Yuanyang	鰱魚
	Zhengzhou	鰱魚
	Xinyang	胖頭
	Baihe	大頭鰱子
	Xi'an	鰱子兒魚
	Baoji	鰱魚
	Xuzhou	大頭魚, 大頭鰱子
	Fuyang	胖頭鰱子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	花鰱, 大頭鰱子
	Lanzhou	胖頭魚
	Hami	鰱魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanchong	白鰱
	Xichang	大頭鰱
	Zigong	鰱魚
	Chongqing	鰱巴䱶
	Wuhan	胖頭魚, 鰱子魚
	Yichang	胖頭魚, 鰱子魚
	Xiangyang	大頭鰱子
	Tianmen	胖頭魚, 胖頭, 家魚
	Zunyi	大頭鰱子
	Dali	大頭白鰱魚
	Kunming	白鰱魚
	Guilin	胖頭魚
	Liuzhou	胖頭魚, 大頭魚, 大頭鰱子
	Nanning (Wuming)	大頭魚
	Jishou	鰱魚
	Changde	鱅魚, 鰱子魚
	Hanzhong	鰱魚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	花鰱, 皂鰱, 大頭鰱, 大頭鰱子, 大頭魚
	Yangzhou	大頭鰱子
	Lianyungang	胖頭魚, 大頭鰱子, 大頭鰱
	Lianshui	大頭鰱子
	Nantong	草鰱
	Anqing	胖頭
	Wuhu	胖頭
	Hefei	胖頭鰱子
	Hong'an	胖頭, 花鰱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大魚, 大頭魚, 大頭, 鱅魚
	Hong Kong	大魚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鱅魚
	Dongguan	鱅魚, 大頭鱅
Gan	Pingxiang	胖頭魚
Hakka	Meixian	鱅仔
	Yudu	鱅子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大頭鰱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大頭鰱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大頭鰱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大頭鰱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大頭鰱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大頭鰱
	Hong Kong	鱅魚
Huizhou	Jixi	胖頭
Huizhou	Shexian	㞞胖頭
Jin	Taiyuan	胖頭魚
	Changzhi	大頭魚
	Linhe	大頭鰱, 白鰱
	Jining	大頭鰱子
	Hohhot	胖頭魚
	Erenhot	面魚
	Pingshan	胖頭魚
	Handan	胖頭魚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冇頭魚, 冇頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	大頭鰱
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	大頭鰱
	Quanzhou	大頭鰱
	Zhangzhou	大頭鰱, 烏魴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	松魚
	Chaozhou	大頭鱅
	Shantou	大頭鱅, 鱅, 鱅魚
	Leizhou	大頭鱅, 大頭魚
	Wenchang	鱅魚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大頭魚, 蟲魚
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	大腦牯魚
Wu	Shanghai	花鰱, 胖頭魚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	黃連頭
	Suzhou	花鰱
	Danyang	大頭魚, 花鰱
	Ningbo	胖頭魚
	Wenzhou	花鰱
	Jinhua	大頭魚, 松鰱, 松鰱頭
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	大頭松
Xiang	Changsha	鱅魚
Xiang	Loudi	鱅魚
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	大頭鰱魚

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tau^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: dà-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtour
  - Palladius: датоу (datou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóur
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: dà-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtourl
  - Palladius: датоур (datour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ tau^4-2
  - Yale: daaih táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

大頭

main part; bigger portion
important figure; big shot

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	頭
おお Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

大(おお)頭(がしら) • (ōgashira)

(usually written with hiragana only) big head; person with a large head.
decorative black flagpole tassel made from the hair of a yak’s tail, horse’s tail, ox tail, etc., or from hemp.
leader of a group.
(ornithology) puffbird (Bucconidae).
(sports) the first makushita rikishi listed in the sumo banzuke.