磕頭

See also: 磕头

Chinese

		to tap; knock	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (磕頭)		磕	頭
simp. (磕头)		磕	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kētóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ tau⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): kah^4-5 tou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha̍p-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kētóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ketóu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: kē-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ketour
    • Palladius: кэтоу (kɛtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: hahp tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kah^4-5 tou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ tʰəu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha̍p-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kha̍p-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qabtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/

Verb

磕頭

1. to kowtow; to kneel and bow low enough to touch one's forehead to the ground
2. (Hokkien) to ram one's head; to hit one's head (against something)

Synonyms

• (to kowtow): 叩拜 (kòubài), 叩頭／叩头 (kòutóu)

Derived terms

• 磕頭蟲 / 磕头虫 (kētóuchóng)